Medill High School - Medillite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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THE MEDILLITE ' 61 History of J une Class of 1928 6 6 II ATHRILL WE ENTERED MEDlLL. ' One warm clay in September, 1926, a body of boys and girls boarded the good ship Medill. We were fearful and curious, expecting to conquer, as did Alexander the Great. Our captain, Mr .Hall, discussed the voyage with us and tried to persuade us to take a trip for four years instead of two, saying that we would be able to view the scenes more fully and could go farther. Having decided the length of our trip, we were shown to our cabins by his assistants, who were to help us get settled and show us how to get the most out of the trip. , A regular social event was to be given every Friday, wherein all the voyagers would participate, which was to be called C. I. L. At. the end of a period of five weeks those who had proved good seamen were to be awarded a medal of honor. Thus live months of joy intermixed with dis- couragement rolled by. Our difficulties were met, and by perseverance we overcvame them. After one year of sailing, the ship became unseaworthy, so we entered into a larger vessel called Sophomore Life. During this time the captain fell ill and before a month had passed was laid in the sea which had been his companion for so long a time. We missed him, we mourned for him, but we had to carry on. About this time a few of the passengers be- came discouraged and discontinued the trip. The rest of us kept on. The trip was coming to a close and the passengers were becoming im- patient to leave the boat. Some were tearful, others happy, all were think- ing of the friendships to be broken which had grown up in such a short time. So ended our two years of sailing, in which we tried to shape our future lives. s ' We came, we saw, we conquered. SARA SANDLER JAMES BRoM Prophecy of J une '28 , ELL, here we are in this great little city, Chicago. We have just been marritd,-we six, Sara Steinberg, Hazel Bloomfield, Fred Bauman, and the three great unknowns. The ceremony was presided over by none other than the Honorable Iudge Ioseph Iezel, who has rapidly approached the climax of his career by ascending to the bench of the Supreme Court. A - We went to the far-famed printing concern of Zabren, Cygan6?Co. forour announcements. We patronized their establishment because when we were in Medill we had heard them talking to each other about how good the other was and what star printers they Were. We thought that in going to -them .we might be able to help them out with a little business, and, to tell the truth, we expected to Hnd them in some little run-down shop: but

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60 .qg FRANCES COHEN A willing heart has she. Activities: S. G. C., '28: Civics Club. Hobby: Skating. Ambition: To succeed. Motto: Aim well. RAYMOND CYGAN To be of great service to mankind is to happy. Activities: Tl:oren's Civics Club: Harries' English Club. Hobby: Baseball. Ambition: To be a Printer. Motto: More work, less play. SYLVIA DEITCH It is the quiet worker who sucv:eeds.' v Activities: Second Vice'President: Valedictorian: Med- illite Reporter: C. L. M.: Honor Roll. Hobby: Singing. Ambition: To be someone's steno. 1 Motto: XVork by yourself and the results will be pleasing. CARMEN Divrro Future fame will be his name. Activities: M. G. C.: Page to Librarian: Honor Roll. Hobby: Athletics. Ambition: To be a successful business man. Motto: Do or die. SADIE GOLDBBRG She knows the ioy of work well done. Activities: S. G. C.. '28: C. L. M. Hobby: Sports and music. Ambition: To be a stenographer. Motto: Work with a will. ROSYLIN GORIN Look! look! look! who's there? ' Rosie, Rosie with the black wavy hair- Activities: M. G. A. A.: M. G. C.: Medill J. Y. L.' Hobby: Dancing. Ambition: To be a successful business woman. Motto: Keep on climbing the ladder of success and you will reach the top in no time. IOSEPH IBZEL Andstill the wonder grew Q That one small head could carry all he knew. Activies: Olice page: Vice'Pres., M. G. C.. '27: Cash' ier, Medill Savings Bank: Honor Roll. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: BankerfPolitician. Motto: Always climb up. not down. HYMAN KOHN A friend is not known until an man has need. Activities: Basketball '24, '26, '27, '?.8: Baseball, '28: Room Collector: Hall Guard. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: To be a printer. Mottoi: Never put oif until tomorrow what you can do to- ay. . YETTA KORALCHICK Notice her ambition and wish her luck. Activities: Medill J. Y. L.: Hebrew Club: Room Ref porter. Hobby: Reading. Ambition: To become a Hebrew Teacher. Motto: Do unto others as you would want them todo unto you. BEss1E KRNOUL . There is more to live for than you have ever im- agined. Activities: Bookkeeper, Medill Bank: Captain of Oaklies: M., G. A. A.: M. G. C.: Honor Roll. Hobby: Reading. f Ambition: To be a bookkeeping machine operator. Motto: Don't cry over spilt milk. CEMA MAHLIN Great oaks from little acorns grow. Activities: Vice-Pres.. S. G. C.. '28: M. G. A. A. Hobby: Dancing. Ambition: To be some steno. Motor: Eventually-why not now? THE MEDILLITE 4' ANNA ORDMAN Ill cannot be said of one who has been good. Activities S. G. C.. '28. Hobby: Dancing. Ambition: Bookkeeping Machine operator. Motto: Keep smiling. BERTHA ORDMAN Her motto will help her along life's way. Activities: S. G. C., '28. Hobby: Dancing. Ambition: Bookkeeping machine operator. Motto: Onward and upward. IDA PENTANSKY For she is just the quiet kind Whose nature never varied. Activities: S. G. C., '28: C. L. M.: Student Council. Hobby: Music. Ambition: Secretary of the President of the U. S. A. Motto: Do what you do with a will. IOSEPH PROSKOWETZ ' A good man--and always will be. Activities: Sec. and Treas., Draftsmen Civics Club. Hobby: Baseball and Mech. Drawing. Ambition: To be a draftsman. Motto: Work wins the way. PETER SAVIANO Tippy ia a little fellow, Whose hair is nearly golden yellow. Activities: M. G. C. Ambition: Banjo swinger. Motto: Shoot to kill. Hobby: Athletics. PEARL Smutsxv Pearl is a girl so neat One like her you like to meet. Activities: Volley ball: Baseball: Student Council: Hof nor Roll: Hobby: YVriting. Ambition: To travel and write poetry. Motto: Smile and the world smiles with you. Weep and you weep alone. MILDRED SMITH A girl after a lad's own heart. Activities: Medillite Col.: Medillite Reporter: M. G. A. A.: Student Council: Annual Collector. Hobby: Skating. Ambition: To become private secretary to some great man. Motto: Help others and others will help you. LAURA VONDRAK Here is wishing this good lass, ' The best of luck and happiness. Activities: M. G. A. A.: M. S. G.: M. G. C.: An- nual Collector. Hobby: All sports. Ambition: To become private secretary to some great man Motto: Keep smiling. BESSIE WAGNE11 Still water runs deep. Activities: M. G. C. Hobby: Reading. Ambition: Art and Travel. Motto: Silence is golden. LUCILLE WITTKOPP She's a very demure lass, Widi a way that will pass. Acgrigies: S. G. C., '28: Vice-President, Physiology U t Hobby: Athletics. Ambition: To be a worthfwhile stenographcr. Motto: Smile and the world smiles with you. BENNIE ZELIG It's the quiet, hard worker who succeeds. fActivities: Thoren Civics Club. Hobby: Sports. Ambition: To be a printer. Motto: Work before play. Club: Meyers' u

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THE MEDILLITE when we arrived at our destination, we were amazed to Hnd that these young men were so good in the printing game that they had erected a large building and were doing a rushing business in it. When our school-day friendship was renewed with these two pros- perous business men, we expressed our desire to go over their plant. Upon hearing this, Mr. Zabren said that we should be treated to many surprises. As we emerged from his inner oiiice, Mr. Cygan showed us pretty little Iean Greenblatt sternly presiding over a group of lightning-fingered typists, -of whom the fastest and probably the prettiest was Tillie Krotish. Not content with treating us to this pleasant surprise, he took us up to the accounting department and showed us-can you imagine whom? Vsfell, none other than our own President, Hyman Nusinoff. Here he was en- throned amid his books and papers, as a Certified Public Accountant, and was at the same time acting as king pin over many of his classmates, including his chief assistant, Bessie Krnoul. After showing us the work- ings of the presses, and the rest of the system used in their establishment, Raymond advised us to see a very famous draftsman who made a sideline of planning such announcements as we wanted. This man turned out to be none other than Ioseph Proskowitz, the former star draftsman at Medill. After we had seen to the announcements, it was too late to do anything else. We decided, then, to go to the Coliseum. We were much surprised to see that Bennie Zelig was a contender for the heavyweight championship. Needless to say, we could hardly wait to see this bout commence, and when it did there was no doubt as to who was to be the pexthtitle holder: there couldn't be with such loyal rooters as we pulling or im. ' That night, it was decided that for our honeymoon we should go on an extended tour of Europe. Accordingly, the next day' we took the Twentieth Century Limited and a few days later found ourselves in New York. .We made our way to the general offices of the White Sar Line and inquired when it would be possible to secure accommodations for three couples to sail to Europe. . - In inquiring for this information, we came upon Miriam Silver, who was general passenger agent for this line. Miriam told us that we could sail almost immediately, as three great business women had cancelled their trip to Europe because of the urgent needs of their firms. These wome' it chanced, were Florence Steinman, Anna Stramiello, and Rose Gale, who were buyers of imported laces, silk, and tapestries. We boarded our ship and were soon off for Europe. In sailing we had thought that we were severing, for the time being, all of our connec tions with the United States: but no, there was one slender thread that still bound us, and that slender thread turned out to be Fannie Harris, who was just then enjoying a vacation from the Opera in which she was acting as leading lady. Her voice was compared to Rosa Raisa's and her acting to Mary Garden's. When we arrived in Paris, we immediately hired a guide to show us about the city. The first place to which he took us was one of the largest universities of 'France where one of the American students of ,French es- pecially attracted our attention because we were sure that in her we recog- nized one of our old classmates: and sure enough, it turned out to be none other than Margaret Engelking. Margaret told us that she was about to fill the position of interpreter to the American Consul in France and that The vifianted to know the French language from A to Z, figuratively and itera y.'