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

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efi ' ,pf-nic O jZ. Z ,Z if I. A. e' sank Xe -Z .. XZ him in our memory. Thus it becomes difficult for us to come to the realization that they have lived their lives. The following words by James Whitcomb Riley seem to echo our own con- victions . . . I cannot say, and I will not Jay That he if dead. He is just away. II7itb a rbeery Jmile and a wave of the hand, He bar wandered into an unkzzouvz land. Shall we, as we dedicate our yearbook to our gold star boys, consecrate our own lives to the furthering of our American ideals and creeds so that, as Lincoln impressed upon us, our dead shall not have died in vain? GEORGE JAMES SMALL Seaman 2nd Class, Navy GEORGE T. STAFFELBACH '36 Captain, Army llT0mll JOHN DICKINSON STEARNS '36 Co-pilot, Army Air Service ll-Ioell EDISON SCHLEGELMILCH WILLIAM EDWARD WEBBE III '36 Gunner, Navy llslugll Lieutenant, Navy IIBEIIII ROGER RALPH SCHWAIGHART '38 DAUMONT WILLIAM VALENTINE Sergeant Pilot, R.A.F. Private, Tank Corps llRogll llDoell Page 5

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ewi hgkfkr your CUAM . . . RICHARD GEORGE EHRLER '33 Ist Lieutenant, 106th Cavalry Dick EDWARD LARSON Private, Infantry HOWARD M. MATHIS '40 Private, Infantry Howie JOHN GORDON MORDUE '40 Carpenter's Mate Second Class Seabees IIJ e r ryll BURTON NOLAN '36 Lieutenant, Navy Air Corps Burt Page 4 It is with bowed heads and silent hearts that we thoughtfully dedicate our 1944 Empehi to those fellows who trod these familiar halls at Morgan Park not too long ago, but have, now, given up their lives on earth to Someone beyond. Does it seem, sometimes, as though they have imparted more than a share to the tremendous effort in which our country is now engaged? Well . . . it does make us wonder if, perhaps, there isn't something more we could be doing to speed that glorious day of victory. Each one of these gallant gold star boys was a friend or loved one of some of us and cannot easily be forgotten. The familiar characteristics, his individual personality and tastes enshrine OSCAR S. OLSEN '32 Master Sergeant Bombardier, Army Air Corps llonell RICHARD AARON ROPER '35 Lieutenant, Army Air Corps llmckll

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DR. ESTON V. TUBBS In completing his eighth year as principal of to the Morgan Park students and he feels that Morgan Park high school, Dr. Eston V. Tubbs they are a real contribution to education and has striven during the past twelve months to have a definite place in the United States. keep the school as undisturbed by the war as possible, and to carry on the educational pro- May he continue to be proud, as he now is, gram as if under normal conditions. He be- of our successful self-governing student body. lieves firmly in democracy and higher learning, In holding the admiration and loyalty of stu- and stresses to the students in his Human dents, faculty members and parents alilc Relations and International Relations classes combines friendliness sinc ' the importance of tolerance, open-mindedness helpfulness ' 'ind truth. Dr. Tubbs introduced these courses Paqe 6 'e, he , . erity, diligence and with executive ability to make him- self a friend of whom we are very proud!