Medill High School - Medillite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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56 THE MEDILLITE Prophecy for the Graduates of 1929 - Once during a dreary midnight in nineteen hundred thirty-nine --but no, it wasn't night: it was morning. Well, anyhow, it--was dreary, and that's that. I, an interior decorator, had Grace Dulcia- more, my classmate, as roommate. She was also my private and con- fidential secretary. Well, going back to this dreary morning, I was wondering where I could get an old Louis the Fourteenth chair for an apartment I was furnishing, when Grace suggested n Antique Shop on Michigan Boulevard. Hither we hied ourselves-and who should the owner chance to be but our old Classmate, Jean Barr. We were standing on a figured Oriental rug in J ean's shop, while debating as to which chair would fit in with my color scheme when Grace said, Lillian, don't you wish we could go to Paris? Yes, I replied readily, I do wish we could take a trip to Paris. No sooner was this said than a strange thing happened. The rug be- gan to move. It flew over the ocean and landed right in the heart of Paris. As we alighted we saw three beautiful blonde women coming toward us. One, Madeline Thomas was walking with a tall, handsome man, who looked like the Grecian Apollo. The other two were those inseparable chums Veronica Gadomski and Mary Voloskoff. After wevleft them, we decided to grant our heart's desire, which was to buy some Parisian frocks and gowns. Upon inquiry we found that the Mademoiselles Marantz and Del Guidice were owners of the most exclusive dress shop in Paris. We went to their Shoppe, renewed our friendships, and chatted of old times, stopping only to comment now and then upon the posing models. The models were most beau- tiful to gaze upon, and log on closer scrutiny we found three of them to be our old chums, Zelda Cohen, Rose Drexler, and Bertha Levy. Imagine our shock and pleasure! After we purchased everything we wanted we decided to dine. We found an artistic looking sign hang- ing over a still more artistic shop bearing the inscription, Madame Srp's Tea Shoppe. Of course we entered and announced ourselves to the proprietor. She greeted us most cordially, entertained us with many surprise French dishes, and after dinner ordered a taxi in order to show us. Paris and to take us at the end of our ride to the theatre. Imagine our surprise when we found that the driver of our taxi was our fellow graduate, Joe Pinsky. He showed us the sights and drove us to the theatre-all, naturally, without charge. - The huge sign blazing above the theatre announced to the public that Sidney Epstein, the manager and owner of the show, was present- ing the famous American dancers Rae Cohen and Irene Kushner. As the programs were handed to us we happened to glance at the usher- ettes. Here another shock awaited us for they were Martha Cozzi, Anna Maioni, and Irene Novak. They told us that they were at an art school but worked here in their spare time in order to see the marvel- ous productions free of charge. We saw among the chorus girls Rose Padivonia and Dorothy Polisenog Rose Staci was at the organ and

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THE MEDILLITE T55 June Two-Year Class, History On the sixth day of September, nineteen hjundred twenty-seven, the class of J' une, 1929, entered. .,We were a f'b,un'ch of wide-eyed .students trying to take in everything we could. -We 'ffreshiesf' as we were then nicknamed, knew not where to go at first but after much walking around reached Room 312. Here we were greeted by our principal, Mr. Hall, who spoke to us about our education and by Mrs. Knauss, who helped usschoose our, course and program. The first semesterfproved to be interesting with much hard work and study to keep us busy. But with our hard work came our recrea- tion in the form of socials and programs provided through the won- derful efforts of the Big Sisters. During the semester we organized the Booster Club under the auspices of Mrs. Buck, who was at that time substituting for Dr. White. Tillie Gale was 'Presidentg Frieda Kesselman, Vice-President, and Birdie Levy, Sergeant-at-arms. The club was organiied for they purpose of aiding the poorg and with the coming of Christmas we fset about preparing baskets with food to be distributed among the needy. Toward the end of the semester our happiness was lessened by the poor health ,of our principal, who 'passed away on the night of the four-year graduation. He loved Medill and us andjfyve miss him. , e ' . - s The new semester began 'with'Miss Kavana as our leader. To- wards the end of the term a new principal, Mr. Davidson, was sent, who remained with us to the end of the semester. During this term, the Medill Girls' Athletic Association was organized and succeeded in winning the VolleyYBaliP tournament. 4 B 1 1 i ag Us .. 1 . ' -4 o B When our Sophombre year rolled in we were surprised to ,find a new principal awaiting us,g.Mr. Johnson. He has done,,lj1is.bqest.for the interest of Medill from the day of his arrival. p , --.,i ' , i p 5 During this semester along with our other school ,activities we added something new: The Sophomore Girls' Club. This wasispong- sored by Miss Myers. We had loads of fun, when Tag Day and Hal- lowe'en came along. This ended our third semester. ' ' This last term has been spent striving to reach a higher goal and I think will end with great success. Commencement Day is drawing near and the class is again getting' enthusiastic. We are all sad, yet happyg sad because we must leave our Alma Mater and happy be- cause we know that when we leave we shallzbe of 'service to our home and our city and acreditito ourescehool. 3 ' Memories, of ourschool days and our classmates will ever linger in our memories and beea source of real inspiration to us. 4 Class Historians, 1 ',FREIDAKlfiSSuELMAN ' BLANCHE SKOTY

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THE MEDILLITE 57 Miss Kesselman, the far-famed violinist, played selections from the American operetta, The Desert Song. And next, cried the announcer, whom we recognized as Sarah Pervosky, We have with us today, the fastest typist in the world. This too, is art, so we take great pleasure in introducing to you Miss Tillie Rosenthal of Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A. Toward the end of the performance a lovely pantomine scene was enacted. Among those whose lovely forms graced this production were Shirley Berlin, Ida Aryeif, and Margaret Furman. Happening to glance up at the boxes, we saw, to our amazement fif we had foreseen this trip we would have brought some shock-absorbers with usb, Anna Grigorchik, Ann Steinberg, and Minnie Solovitz sitting with the Premier of France. What could they be doing there? Oh, yes, Minnie was American ambassador, who with her two friends was being entertained by France. s ' After the performance we wended our way to a well-known and beautiful hotel, where we soon found ourselves with Edith Blitstein, the owner of this hotel of international reputation. Upon waking the next morning, we found that we did not have any more money left, and as we wanted to purchase some articles from the art shops we decided to go to the bank and have them wire to America for money. Going to the information desk whom should we see 'but Ruth Circle. She informed us that she was not the only one of our old classmates working in the bankg that Rose Cechura was the cashier, and on the fourth floor another surprise was await- ing us. Surely enough! Upon opening the door of the president's office we saw Meyer Sorkin, and his two private secretaries, Anne Chapnick and Mary La Bianco. Whew! What surprises! And we thought the world so big! After all our business was transacted, we decided to fly to Eng- land to embark for home at Liverpool. Our aviatrix was so familiar looking! Of course! Bertha Seveloe of our old class. In Liverpool we noticed a group of girls in gym suits in a garden. Stopping to watch them we saw that the instructor was Bessie Silverstein. It was not necessary for her to introduce her co-operatives, Hilda 'Eausan and Blanche Skoty. Across from this garden was an art shop on the windows of which were these words, Mademoiselles Estelle Cotel and Mildred Chiodof' Needless to say we did all our art purchasing here, so much that we found our funds again diminishing to the zero point. Then we wished for our carpet! and lo and behold! it was be- fore us. We boarded it and were promptly lifted into the air. We noticed that the carpet was beginning to wear out, but paid little