Morgan Park High School - Empehi Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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After a short while when we were I A's Mr. Blomquist was our Division teacher and we met in Room 204. The Civic Industrial Committee was formed and we carried -on the Book Exchange with great success. VVhen we became Sophomores we organized the Commercial Club and the following members were elected: President .............. - ....... . . . .... Ellsworth Dunning Vice-president .......... A ......................... .... . . .... . .Rose Lindemanu Secretary .................................... .... . . .... ...... P auline I Siegert During our last semester we organized the june Commercial Class in M. P. High with the following officers: President ........................... .... .................... D 0 rothy Batlw Secretary ................................ . ........ ................ M ildred Ridley VVith a thrill of pride we glance over our achievements and we know the Com- mercial Class of '21 is one of which Morgan Park may forever be proud. p D. C. B. '21, Qlnmmeriral Qlletss lgrnpherg nf 1321 The steamship Badbehavior rocked and rolled as if it was trying to see how many times it could knock our heads against its sides. To be exact it was in late May in the year 1942. I was on deck reading a copy of the New York Times when upon glancing up I thought the person coming toward me looked very familiar. I imagine she thought the same for she looked at me in a very friendly way. She walked up to me and said, VVhy how-do, Frances? I wasn't sure whether it was you or not. All that I could say was, Virginia Pierson, where are you going P She informed me that she was a member of the diplomatic ser- vice and was sent as a spy to Germany, because the former Crown Prince was trying to gain control of Germany again and she was sent to spy around Berlin. But, she said, my dear lady, what are you doing and where are you going alone ? Oh, I answered, I'm not alone. I am accompanying my husband, who was recently made envoy to the Russian government which was formed by the world renowned suffragette leader, Frieda Rickertf' I also told her that I was quitge anxious to see Frieda again and told her that Frieda's ambition was to marry a rich, young man and make herself famous in an altogether way than she was going about it. Yes, Gene replied, I thought Frieda would live up to her ambition, but. . . . Oh, listen dear, did you read the account in the New York Times about Ruth Muesbeck? You remember that quiet, little girl, don't you ? Yes, I replied, what about her ? At that instant she picked up my paper which had fallen beside me and turned to a page on which was a picture of a rather cruel and fierce looking young man and beside it a picture of a woman. I could easily see that it was Ruth, but.what a ,name she had to try and pronounce,. .Pmuesbeckis. I always thought Ruth didn't like to pronounce big words. .but. .I see she has changed, too. If you think her name is bad, Gene broke in, you had better see what she and her husband have been doing. My eyes fell. upon the headlines. .PMUESBECKIS AND VVIFE LEAD GREAT REVOLUTIONIN POLAND... Oh, I gasped, what an awful thing for such a sweet maid to be doing. 24

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Clause 2:-To those who will be Seniors next we bequeath our gift of gab in division period in order that Miss Petty will feel at home, also we be- queath them our numerous tardinesses in order that Miss Petty will be afforded a pleasant theme upon which to deliver orations. Clause 3 :-Upon those who will be Juniors we hereby bestow our intellectual ability in hopes that they will use it wisely and excel the Seniors. Clause 4 :-To those who will be Sophomores we give the task of misdirecting the new Freshmen and properly abusing them. Clause 5:-To Mr. Schoch we do bequeath a package of Home Runs. a pipe and a package of Barking Dog fwhich never bitesj so that he will not have to borrow from any of the fellows. Clause 6 :-To Miss Fuhrman swe donate the remains of our treasury so that she may erect a memorizing machine in her room for the use of her English classes. Clause 7 :-To Mr. Thompson, I, john Rudin, leave my voice. Clause 8:-To Miss Gahl we do bequeath a bucket of small egg coal to play marbles with. Clause 9:-Upon Mr. Libonati we place a life sentence in the Tardy Room for being late to class so often and for committing other minor f FJ misdemeanors. Clause 10:-To Miss Riggs we give a can of angle worms. Clause 11 1-To Mr. Hamilton we give: first, a new green shade for his door, second, a patent on the expression Umoriturus salutamus, which is chanted to us every report card day and which means We, about to die, salute thee 3 third, we, Gertrude Beck and Pauline Carter, do hereby bequeath our respective beauty parlors which have often been the cause of our being shown the door. Clause 12:-We do hereby bequeath to Miss Brown a velocipede that she may be able to attend her classes on time. Clause 13:-VVe lend our efforts toward the stationing of a tratlic oflicer and an emergency hospital at the intersection of the Runway and Portable B. Clause 14 :--We do hereby provide for the installation of an elevator to be used only by seniors with lockers on the fourth floor. We hereby nominate and appoint the junior Class to be executors of this our will and demand that they be bound to work long and hard through the com- ing year. In testimony whereof the members of our duly authorized committee have this day, June 22, A. D. 1921, set their hand and seal at the Morgan Park High School of the City of Chicago. JULIA CHURCH ELIZABETH ARNEMAN RANDOLPH T REDWELL Qlnmmeriral Qllasz Zqistnrg nf 1921 One bright morning in early September, 1919, quite a large number of boys and girls drew near M. P. H. S. feeling very grown up indeed. They, however, were not prepared for the onsloughts of the ruthless Seniors. To the poor, bewildered little freshies it seemed that the juniors and Seniors would never cease telling them the wrong directions in which to go in search of certain rooms, and telling them not to bother walking up the stairs, but to just go to the office and get on the elevator. It will take you right up. VVhile Freshmen we had Miss Peterson for our'Division teacher in Portable B. 23

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I could not read the account as I was so taken back, but turned the page and behold! my eyes fell upon a small item in the News from Turkey column, which read something like this. .THE WIFE OF THE SULTAN OF TURKEY EXERCISES HER RULE CRUELLY AND IS DEPORTED TO SIBERIA. I raised my eyes and looked Gene in the face. Listen, Gene, I said, didn't Mildred Ridley marry the Sultan of Turkey Pl' l W'hy, yes, I believe she did, was the answer. I handed her the paper and pointed to the column and told her to read it. Look here, she said,.ffthis last paragraph says she is an American glrl and married the Sultan in 1930 while he was in the United states on a trip. .-She has two children and will have to give them up. VVell, I said, I simply cannot 'think of Mildred being cruel, you know we were such good chums while at M. P. H. S. and she never exercised any of her cruelty upon me that I can remember of. But, such is'life. ' At this instant my husband came up and, of course, introductions were in order. As it was lunch time an invitation was extended our guest to dine with us. She accepted and we walked rather slowly down to the dining-room. While we were waiting for the waiter to bring our order, Gene and I' told my husband briefly just what had occurred during our conversation. Of course, he did not know any of the girls except Frieda Rickert. but was quite amused to hear us tell of our old acquaintance and classmates. On leaving the dining-room we pur- chased the latest edition of the New York Evening Post. Virginia and I shared a copy together. As it was starting to storm we took refuge in my cabin and we started to read the paper. On the front page, printed in big blue letters were these words. .PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD'S BLUE SUNDAY ORGAN- IZATION BELIEVED TO BE DYING. After reading the account of this Qmake believej French woman, Mlle. Dorothea La Bathe, who was none other than the Dorothy Bathe of my school 'days I gave the paper to my guest and showed her the account. VVhy, she said, I never knew Dorothy moved to Paris, the last I heard from her she was in San Francisco. But we must look her up when we arrive in France and surprise her. Good, I almost shouted, what a fine idea. p But one look from my cabin door told me we would not see France that after- noon as we had expected as it was storming quite badly. But we were informed by my husband who appeared at that moment that we would probably anchor at day break the following day. Upon our arrival in France we immediately looked Dorothy up and much to our joy and satisfaction found her on the road to recovery. I told her that I knew she would make a success of this organization because she was a very good class president and was capable of holding the office of president of almuch larger organization because of her friendly ways toward everyone. A VVe left her, hoping to meet again and as Gene and I walked through the dreary streets of Paris we were rejoicing over the fact that .we could be together again and talk things over and of the happy days we all had together in the 'Morgan Park High School Qnow the largest and best high school in Chicagoj even if everything had not turned out just as we would have them. V 1 ' , F. M. VV. '21 .25