Medill High School - Medillite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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50 THE MEDILLITE CLASS WILL S E, THE IUNE CLASS of 1928, of the Medill High School, being about to pass out of this sphere of learning in full posssession of a crammed mind, a well-trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby malsing void all former wills and promises by us at any time heretofore ma e. First: To the School we bequeath all banners, trophies, laurels, and honors which we have won, to which each year shall be added others until we have a collection to be proud of. . Second: To our beloved faculty. We hereby thank them for their earnest efforts in trying to accomplish that imposssible task of growing gray matter in barren and destitute regions, where the conditions are very much against them, and may they keep up their work, for some day it shall not be in vain. I Third: As an acknowledgement of the debt we owe the faculty of the Medill High School, we submit the records of the high degree of general knowledge attained by us. If the faculty see fit, they are hereby authorized to give out such of their information to the world as they may feel the world is ready to receive. We trust they will also feel at perfect liberty to make use of bits of wisdom and enlightenment for the education of the classes to come after us. In payment of the aforesaid we leave our successful fu- ture to be -pointed out to prospective students as an example of what an education at Medill can accomplish. Fourth: To Mr. Davidson, our esteemed principal, we leave the management of the school, and sincere thanks and appreciation for the help he has given us, also a host of dutiful and industrious students, such as the Iune Class is composed of. Fifth: To Miss Mason and Mrs. Kirkpatrick, our graduating teachers, we leave the future graduating classes, and we wish to thank them for their untiring work in our behalf. 1 Sixth: To Miss Adams, our Dean, the care of the social room and the management of social affairs at Medill. May there be many and success- ful ones. ' Seventh: To Mr. Center, the care of turning out future championship teams in every line of athletics. Eight: To Miss Robertson we leave the Orchestras that are to come, and may they be successful in their work: also the future operettas and plays, which we hope will be as good as they have been in the past. Ninth: To the beginning Senior Class we bequeath our dignity, to- gether with the various activities of the school, such as the Medillite, C. I. L., Student Council, and all the various organizations. Tenth: To the Iunior Class as a whole we leave the various positions on the athletic field ond debating teams, and a share in the school affairs. Eleventh: To the Sophomore Class we bequeath the care of the Fresh- men. - Twelfth: To the Freshmen we leave our best wishes and hope that they will derive full benefit from the rare ability of our faculty. . i We do hereby constitute Mr. Davidson and the Faculty of the Medill High School as the Executors of this our Last Will and Testament. u In testimony thereof we, the Iune Classes of 1928, have to this our will set our hands and seal this twenty-first day of Iune, Anno Domini One-thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight. ' Class Attorney LEONARD ZIFF.

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,L THE MEDILLITE 49 J 1 passed by rapidly, very rapidly indeed. Before we knew it our boys had adorned longies, while as for our weaker sex-'nuff said. They found it necessary to come to school with a sample supply of cosmetics and what not. We made our debut in athletics, socials, and club affairs, and enjoyed it very much. Our hectic suffer-more days came to an end. Stanza three of our classlhistory commences to begin. Our lads and lassies at this stage of the history were ready to become big shots. We took a crack at sports with extraordinary success: there was not a team which did not have a Iunior on it., The socials were always treated to the rare honor of having some benign Iunior appear. For honor roll sharks, you had only to men- tion the word, Iunior. It meant intelligence itself. S Seniors! Seniors! Seniors! Seniors! Seniors! Ahem! How' dig- nified and sophisticated we are! We basked in the lime-light of the school as the mighty seniors. Athletics or social activities,the seniors were right there on the spot. The first semester was uneventful. But the second semester? Oh my, no! Class officers were elected, and soon the air was filled with pins, pictures, banquet, and prom. After months of intense ex- citement the great event came-Commencement Night. Garbed in cap and gown, we strode on the stage to receive the long coveted diplomas. Good-bye, Medill. We sure will miss you, and hope you'll miss us too. Good-bye. t ' PAUL GORIN CELIA KUSHNER -55-

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THE MEDILLITE 51 Class Prophecy of Jun. 19 28 YLVIA and I were riding over Chicago in our family plane and I was enjoying the view. Sylvia, who was reading Gorin's News, sudden- ly turned to me and exclaimed, Let us go to a theater! I Which one? l asked. ' The Metropolitan. The bill today is a movie of news events which have been photographed by Iulia Schneider, entitled, The remarkable things I have seen in this world. I agreed, and that afternoon found us within that wonderful theater, the Metropolitan, owned by Ben Solomon and operated by Ioseph Shufeldt. The vaudeville show, featuring Ben Fine and his Iazz Kings, was then in progress. We recognized two of the Kings at once. Louis Zussrnan was identified by his sparkling hair and Meyer Oberman by his portly frame. A young woman came on the stage and sang several selections from Car- men. We soon discovered that she was Thelma Rubin but could not understand why she sang so mournfully. Seeing her after the show,,we found out that Phil had a toothache. , Celia Kushner then danced upon the stage and sang several blue songs, composed by that composer of blue songs, Zigmore Harris. C'elia's singing gave us the blues, and we had almost decided to leave when finally the movie we came to see was presented. After the usual introduction, the first scene was flashed on the screen with the title, Mayor Cohen greets new city treasurer. The City hall of Chicago was seen and at the doors of the magnificent building stood the honorable Mayor Isaac Cohen. Coming with outstretched hands to- ward him was the treasurer. The outstretched hands identified the trea- surer. He was Leon Zimmerman, the man with itching palms. Y This scene faded out and next came the title, University of Chicago confers degrees on great lawyers. We then saw the auditorium of the University, where David Ginsburg, president, was passing out degrees to several famous lawyers. Harry Posey, Sam Rabinovitz, and Louis Neiman we distinguished among these. They accepted their degrees and faded away. The next line flashed upon the screen was, Medill Girls form Bus- iness College. Evelyn Fine and Ida Portnoy were receiving the congra- tulations of Ierome Pauker, who had rapidly risen in the business world, and of Ben Rotstein, who had risen high as a salesman of Shamburg's Coffee, the coffee that grows warm by heating. The teachers in the business college were seen to be all women. They were Rose Michaels, the bookkeeping teacher, Iulia Garrett, the shorthand teacher, Rose Steck, the filing teacher, and Doris Gold, who also was teaching shorthand. This scene faded away and next .came the title, United States champion defeats Roumanian champion, and we saw Milton Kohn play- ing checkers with Carlo Palumbo. - After this thriller we saw the laying of the corner-stone of the New