Sabin Junior High School - Sabinite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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V Y junior Y 17 Class Propheozasf PROPHECY OF 106 I Th - dcor bell rang at 10:30 and the maid. with a pale face ran to answer it. VVe had been hearing queer stories of doorbell robberies, and naturally she was startled. To our intense relief, it was Melvin Harris. the patrol- man of the beat within which my home was situated. Inv ting him in I learntd tl1e reason for his late call, and to my surprise it was an order for subpeana. I had given my name as a witness in a recent murder. which took place at a week end party. a friend of mine, Eddie Dire, gave at one of his country homes, at New Years. The next morning. while breakfasting. I read the Morning N.ws to quiet my nerves. I learned that Superior judge Dienstag would preside, that the cele- brated Louis Barnett, would be defending attorney, and that States attorney. VVeichelsbaum, would be prosecut- ing attorney. The paper gave a very vivid account of the hz ppen ngs. I was present at the time. but my memory was quite blurred and the procgedings quite bewildering. 'the following announcement was written by-who do you suppcse? RUTH MILLER! GREAT MURDER MYSTERY TAKES PLACE AT HOME OF PROMINENT ATHLETIC! On January Ist, 1950. occurred one of the greatest murder mysteries known to Chicago pol'ce. The so-called N w Ytzr's Eve murder occurred under most peculiar circumstalnices. VVhile New Year's was being celebrated. at one of the country homes of Edward Dire. the mil- lZcnarc basket ball player. all of the help with the cxccption of three maids, a butler. and the livery men. left without notice. minus their baggage. A note with merely a figure 7.was found pinned to a sheet of music in the guest mns'c room and six others, in different colors were distributed throughout the house, Five more were found in tl1c servants' quarters. At about midnight thr air was r.nt with a piercing scream. The dancing :topped immediately, and a cause for the disturbance was sought, At about 3:30 A. M.. a body was brought in: that of a veiled woman in black. A quick check up was made. but none of the guests were missin-1. In the morning the servants returned, but would offer no ex- ' lf nation of thtir .unusual action. Among the guests were Mr and Mrs.. Berger tShirley Brusinl, Mr and Mrs. Levine lMi'dred Skcrosztwskal. and many others in the 1 cial l'm'ilight. Before their marriage. Shirley Brusin :nd Paul Berger w re the best professional dancers on Broadway. but they returned to Chicago for the wedding. Meanwhile Louis Lev'nc. had become one of the fore- mort basketball'-ccaches in the U. S. A.. while Mildred lad att'-ined fame through her vocal efforts. Detective Elv in Duda was working on the case. .. .-Xs I entered the court room. I was ushered to a side- l'0 lll. with tl-fee of my acquaintances: Clara Tessler, Dfirc-thy Tug nhaft. and Pearl Lichtcr. Clara had bc- c -me qu te wtIl.kncwn through her work in the field of business, and Pearl as well. Meanwhile Dorothy, had l't-cstne one of the for most teachers. at a fashionable tr vate school in Chicago. They told me that suspicion ' :ts thrust upon George Lucas. and Harold Marker. D:-rothy ti:rfu1'y informrd me that she and George were tngag d. and she ws to tzlze the stand in his defense Al! at once there was ,a commotion in the next room. Finally Iwas admittfgd to the court rcont, and, taken to tl e press table by Oscar Boxer. world famous, rpporter for the Tribunc. . He was acting in the capacity of Ccnnt R- potea, dur'ng the illness ofha friend, but was the regular South America corresponde,nt. Through his infiucnce, in spite of my being a witness. I was permitted I to hear the entire case. a part of which was beingbroad- cast over the raido-by Abe Miller. VVhen Dienstag entered the crowd raised a lusty cheer. but was soon quieted by bailitf Sidney Mesirow-after two hours of very effective pleading and surprising brilliancy. Barnett :uccetded in proving the innocence of the two suspects. When they wcre freed, the crowd seemed to agree with the verdict. and he became much more famous as a result. As we were leaving the court-room. I met Marie Steinke, a v.ry popular stenographer. in a large business concern, situated on Michigan Ave, That evening I decided to attend the Chicago Civic Shakesperian Society's presentation of The Tanning of the Shrew. A friend of mine. knowing my fondness for this sort of a drama secured tickets and at my interested inquiry answered lfVhy didn't you know-the great Madey is appearing tonight. ' The box office is always :old out we ks in advance for her presentations. The' name Madcy seemed so familiar I was simply bursting with curosity to see who ithis person could be. The play was a great success and'we' waited after it was over for zn ntrodncticn had been arranged. llvhen I finally did get a moment with her, I recognized her immediately. She l'ad not changed except to become prettier. and we ar- ranged to have dinner togttherthat evening. Wfe went to a prominent night club+the Rabin- owitzf' and we were. telcordially by Gertrude herself. It seein' d more like a lilream than reality. Very soon we mtt Mr. Paul Borgir and his friend. Abe Kluber, who was a renowned musical comrdy star, while Paul had attained fame through his printing. Suddenly the electricity failed. and in the confusion that followed much dan1age was done. Finally after at least thirty tninntes of darkness, electrician Emanual Lashover found the cause of' disturbance. and soon every- thing was going smoothly. After the evening's excitement we retired to Mis Madey's exclusive apartment in the Lobodinsky hotel. one of Chicago's most well known, and best patronized. The next morning we were told that the picture, Auld Lang Sync. was being played at the Abt Theater. The stars of this were Emily Kcuter. Eugenia Kuklevicz and Nathan. Goodman. This. being a talkie. was certainly :I howling success. The director was a woman, julia Shumorftz. who certainly did know her a b c's in direct- .ng. At that time of the year it was customary for thc employt rs to give vacations of one month and three days t-v their bfst stenographers. The lucky stenos were J nnie Farkas. Mi'drtd Miller. Ruth Miller, Jennie 0zo'v. Lillian Rome and Sarah Sager. They decided to spend th ir vacations in I-Europe, and as my Parisian trip was scheduled for that month. I agreed to accompany th in tl'ere. The th'rd day of the trip I was summoned to the c p':t'n's cabin on account ot' a difficulty concerning nn' iassport. I was nearly stunned, to see Raymond Larson rented in a comfortable deckrhair tilted in an angl-. smfkini a pipe! Vlfhcn the difference was adjusted. h- lD'C1ZlllC very friendly and invited me to din- -:'t th- t tiiic rs' table that evening, which I accepted. On !ook'n 1' o'er the passenger list. I was surprised to see that Flfr nc'- Abitz. Bessie Zitnick and Mildred Sclmeider were aboard also. ' In Prris I attended :t very well known ni'l-t club. for a thrill. and certainly received one whe't I heard Bt-rn'ce Deutsch playing with tl1e jazz orchestra. I returned to the United States well pleased with nty experiences and still marveling at the freak of fat - which caused my Zllllllllllg' reacquaintancc with former Sabiuite: Bee F:'.-enrm.

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lf' Sabinite junior SABIN'S COMPLIMENTS TO THESE MOST COURTEOUS Portable 6 310 106 Portable 3 Vera Ehlert Inna Chesley George Lucas Donald Belofsky Oren Link Robert Levin Mildred Schneider Miller Twins MOST ATHLETIC Pauline Skarzynski Ann Kalesz Louis Levine Harold Hahn I-Iarrv Kelner Clarence Barasch Jennie Ozag Olga Jurco ' ' MOST TALENTED i Ethel Kaplan Inna Chesley Dorothy Tugenhaft Leonard Sofo VVilliam Goldstein Wlilliam Goldberg Abe Kluber Anna Klass HIGHEST SCHOLARSHIP Harry Schfogin julia Berner Bessie Zitnick Irvin Tvaroh Sylvia Libanotif Sol Dirmish Harold Marker Bernice Marcus Piano and Vocal Class Gives Recital Miss Martha Byrne's piano and vocal class gave a recital on December 18. at 2:30 P. M., in room 303. Nine mothers were present and six teachers including Miss Kelly, Miss Klinstck, Miss Lane. Miss Mulligan. Miss Sin- uot and Mrs. lVeeks. The program was as follows. l. The Mclodv lNav .................. Miessner Lillian Goldman, Aase Ornbo 2. Ma ic Music ..... ............... ...... B f Iiessner SZ' Ruth Hark, Eugene Dorrow 3. Evening Song .................. Old Melody Florence Hanson, Mary Tvaroh 4. Little lN'ooden Shoes French Melody Frieda Salzman, Emily Ziembo F Lady Moon ............... French Melody Mary Tvaroh, Florence Hanson o. Slumber Song . ....................... Schubert Dorothy Shereshefsky. Emily Ziembo 7 Sleep Baby ,............. German Melody Dorothy Shereshefsky. Emily Zictnbo 8. Snow and Sunshine Russian Melody Eleanor Kendra. Aase Ornbo Sylvia Hanson Rosalind Cohen 0. Song oi the Steppes Russian Melody Eleanor Kenora. Oase Ornbo Florian Song .......................... Goddard Vocal Class ll. Out of My Deepest Sadness Frouse My Pony .................. German Melody Frieda Goldman, l.illian Goldman ltl. l2. 13. Prelude ...............,......................., Mozart Entily Kueter. Rose Goodman 14. Minuct ............. ...... ...................... It I ozart Sarah VVeiss, Emily Kueter 15. Soldier's March ........................ Mozart Rose Goodman. Sarah XVeiss Song of thc Nile ...................... Popular Through the courtesy of Miss Dan- iels. refreshments were served which consistcd of hot chocolate and cookies. The recital was a big success and we hope that more will sign up for these lessons, ltr. Sonia Bookman, ll2, 9B. Miss Helen Byrne Receives Scholarship On November 30. Miss Helen Byrne sang for Herman Devries, critic of the Chicago Evening American. He sug- gested that she enter the contest for a voice scholarship to study with him, and financed by members of the Junior League and the junior Friends of Art. The scholarship was not to be awarded unless the judges felt that there was real talent prestnt in the contest. The scholarship could also have been di- vided between two persons. Rosa Raisa, Giacome Rimino, of the Chicago Civic Opera Co., Herman Devries and Glenn Dillard Gunn of the Herald aml Examiner were the judges and awarded tlte entire scholarship to Helen Byrne, Miss Byrne sang Stride la Vampa from thc opera Il Trova- tore by Verdi. She is a contralto. Madam Rafsa said that her voice had decided operatic qualities. B. Freeman. Orchestra Has Large Repertoire b The orchestra has done very success- ful work tltis semester. They have completed twelve numbers, and are able to play any of our assembly songs. There are only two violin solo players but they do excellent work. The xyloa phone player learned to play all by himsclf. Miss Helen Byrne said. The :ucctss of the hue work of the orches- tra is due to the spirit more than to the plzzyer The second violin has itu- przwvetl greatly and all of the members are vt-ry enthusiastic. Sonia Bookman, IIZ, UB. Commercial Test Results The following pupils scored highest in the Blackstone Test 'for Decent- ht r. -' . l,n Misa Sinnot's Clusesx Mollie lltlllllk ............................., 310 9A Irene Groszkiewicz ..,................... llZ 0B Olga F derwich ...........,................ 305 SA Mary Papua .... ............,......... ........ 3 1 1 SB ' In Min Weir-'s Classes: Bernice Mesirow ...................... Pt. 3 9A Margaret Gartner ...... ....... 3 01 9B Esther Moskowitz ...... ....... 204 8A Rosalind Cohen ....... ....... 3 03 8B TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT By PAUL FINDER 1020 N. Damen Ave., Chicago. I will furnish proof of any of my statements upon receiving a request to do so. Please enclose a self-addressed and stamped envelope. Count Niklas Zrinya used a charge of mortar Filled with broken iron to deftnd himself and his army in battle. The Czirknicz Lake is sometimes without water and at the bottom herbs grow. This may continue for weeks or mouths at a time before water again tills it. Zeuxis, who was a great Greek artist, thought his work so good that they could never have a price set on them because it would not be nearly cnou h, so he gave his pictures away free. The zebra when in a fight puts its head between its legs and kicks, and has been known to beat off leopards with its kicks. The world's largest tree was 4,840 years old and 35 feet in diameter and tot-k four men to chop it down. Fish cannot sleep. The years 1700. 1800 and 1900 were not leap years. although they were the fourth year. Theodore Roosevelt was blind in one ey-: during the last few years of his life. Fifteen hundred trains go in and out of Chicago every day. The woodpecker does not harm trees, but is somewhat of a help to them. The smallest wound front an arrow tip that has been dipped in the juice of the Upas tree is fatal. and has been nsid by natives in the past. The cry of the umbrella bird resem- bles the lowing of a cow. The trunk fish got its name because of an inflexible arntor of hard plates that covers its body. The tirst umbrellas were not used as a defense against rain, but by the upper class of people as a sign of dignity or royalty. The Vicuna, a species of genus, has hardly ever been taken alive, and rc- sists all efforts made to domesticate it.

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IS V Sabinite junior PROPHECY OF PORTABLE 6 A great throng was gathered about a billboard upon which the following announcement was written: GREAT CONVENTION OF CRIMINOLOGISTS TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO, DURING THE VVEEK OF FEB. 19-29. l939, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. Philosophy Dept.. PROF. FREEMAN, CHAIRMAN It alsogave a list of notables wlto were to attend and sp.ak. - As I was to preside at tlte banquet as well, and having'a great deal of accounting, which had to be hnishtd that evening. I called tip an old friend of mine, Tillie Kaufman. a C. P. A.. forntcr secretary of Harry Kelner. a prosperous physical director. and at tltat time his fntendtd wife. and made arrangements for its cont- pletion. . As tlte convention was thirty-six hourst off, and urgent busin ss called me to New York City, I decided to take the Mykosz air liner, in order to return on time. I arrived at tlte Korengolel K Pollack division of tlte airport atid was quite amazed at the enorntity of tlte held. After I was comfortably situated in a spacious compartment. I notietd the pilot watching me with a most quizzlcal txpression on hs face. At length he be- eamt: a bt more sociable, atid finally interrttpted tlte con- versaticn witlt ati impetuous. XYhy Bee Freeman, I lavsn't sten you for ages! It ttas not until then that I recognized ltittt, and in later eonversat on learned that he t'H'Lrry Korengoldl and Eleanor were engaged to be inarried in june. I arrived in New Yorl: ahead of sche- dule and found that I had quite a few hours to spare. I purchastd a paper as I was leaving tlte airport and gl:-need disiuterestedly at the hearllint-s. The name sounded familiar. aitd as I coittinued reaclng. it suddenly datttnetl tipoit ni - MANY INVOLVED IN RODI-IK CASE. NEXX' ANGLE DISCOVI-YRED HY IJI-ITlit l'IYli MITSKIQS1 ' jennie Redek, a Iiead nurse at onefof tlte w ll known l'tttII1it.S. had b en robbed of a S50,lT00 necklace. a be- trotlial gift of ,loc l.onclon. a wealthy ntotung picture dirt et l' XYItile looking through tlte news section. I was quite snrprist d to see a two column article on the cont'ng con- vention. ttritten by--who do you suppose-Eleanore Isa.ita, a wel! known reporter on tlte Daily Times! Front there I glanced at the pietttre of an unfinished -ky eraper, eighty-nine stories hi lt. be ng built by Sehnid r and Sntolak. architects. I notietd ainong tlte :.dt'ertisenttnts one which caught my eye. IUXRSON .-XND ROR.-YIYN, I.-XXYYI-IRS. NEIY OFFICES TO HIC Sl'I'L'.Yl I-YD .-XT 'IIMI-IS SQLPXRI-I. The ratnts sennded familiar. and I pondered ot-er tlt in as I reach d a crowded corner. .-Xs I was about t I eros-'. I heard a ttrrific crash. and running back to tlte curb. I was iti time to w'tness an awful accident. :X large touring ear collid.d with a street ear, c:tus'ng much dam- age :ntl injuring many people. One of the bystanders Iainted :ard :long t ith an uncrnseious woman. I was iushed ittto tlte drug store in front of which tlte accident lti k place. .Xs I hurried in I noticed the sign- I'. ANDRES, Ph. ti. IIt:rry5n itt'o the pharmacy, I co!l'dt-d with a good fool:i'tq t-,oinan for which I apologized hastily. and con- tinued on my way. whan I felt a hand r. st lightly on tny -lrouhler. The young wtman ercpla ned that she was Mi s Bliriant, C'-dkin, a pliartnacist. who was engauefl to Phil Anders. and introductd me to Clara Mandel. her assistant. As soon as tlte patient was well enough to lie moved. she was taken upstairs to tlte offces of Dr. l ink. where she was git-'an first aid. There I tttet Goldie lI'tnnenberg, h's secretary. I contplet.d tity work and returned to the airport that to my tl.-light and surprise my return piIot was Morris renin-'. Bly good fot'tt 'e sv ent-tl to lt' nlini ted. :tual Vi :ifsl-ty. the celebrated daredit'il of tlte air. The convention was a huge success, and the phil- osophy department was congratulated publicly. The day before adjeurnnient, a very valuable record of Esconion- ian philosophy, along with an important document oit the subject, worth millions to the University, disappeared front my offices. Criminologist Goldstein remained in Chicago to work on the case. After many hours of worry and despair on my part, he returned with a very remark- ab.e solution, which was marveled at throughout tlte United States: but William modestly denied his brilliancy, and returned to his music for which he was already famous. In tlte next edition of the S.-XBINITE SENIOR I read that Isadore Rotkin was given an assignment on tlte rebuilding of the Panama Canal, so I made arrangements with Harry Kelner's fiance, Tillie Kaufman, to take a trip to the canal. I decided to motor down and prep- arations were completed in a few ltours. NVe had just reached tlte heart of St. Louis. when my Cadillac de- ve.optd motor trouble. I walked to tlte nearest garage and asked for assistance. After about five tninutes, I was totd to locate Napady, the general manager, who would take care of me. As I was leaving tlte oflice I met an angry locking young inait-in dirty overalls-who assigntd three mechanics to my car. They were Harry Polteek, VValter Bieleck and Albert Mittskus. The man- ager was Steven Napady, I learited later. He made the eng.ne hunt steadi.y, and as we sped on our way, Miss ls..u1ina'it mentioned his new position. The reason for l.is anger was tltat his favorite brand of cigarettes was unattaaable at the time. I .. .ts we wtre passing a very busy thoroughfare, in the business district, I noticed a large modern building with an enormous electric sign, which read, . SIWETZ 8: CO. PRINTERS As we entered the build.ng I paused to glance at the store directory. It was a twenty story structure, owned by Martin t.ireenste.n, and offices in the hulding were t.ecupi.d by tlte VINI'I'SKt' SCHOOL CF MUSIC, a. branch of the Kti1.NliR ATHLETIC ASSOCIA- 'tluN, CSI-'ELTOR Sz KLIJLIMAN, Props.j and tlte Xtlbr. AND CO., ARCnt1tLL.1S. We visited these, and learned that Mary Skoll was Frank W'ise's secre- tary. ' XVe remained overnight at the STEARN hotel, one of tlte largest attd ittost exclusive in the United States. There by odd coincidence, we inet Harry Schrogiu, his secretary, Rose Segal, attd Ruth Weinstein. ,.anett St-arn had just returned front her Parisian trip, and entcrtain.d us all even itg with accounts of her travels. She told us she inet Mary Sorger, a fine de- signer of the best and most expensive women's apparel available in all Paris. How lucky for her! At that moment a page entered and announced a 'phone call for Kiss Stearn, wlto excused herself and hurried away. She r tttrned lat.r and told us that George Boratyn owned a .ease on a large drug store in the center of her build- ng. and that thty were the best of friends. She asked u if we would like to see something unusual, and naturally we assented. She took us up to the roof. and there oit one side was a'huge swimming pool, and cover- ing tlte rentaitder of the roof was a miniature landing li ld. Daredevil Kosowski was up -to his tricks again. :nd landed upon this, in the black of the night. The next morning I picked up the Daily Scandal zzud learn tl that Mrs, loc London CSylvia Libanofft would be in St. Louis the next Sunday for the great Maryniak ball. Both young women were socially rromfnent. it said. and gave a list of their accomplislt- III III . Miss Kaufman was troubled wfth a tooth-ache fthe result of a box of candy, the gift of Kelncrj so we went to a prominent dentist. As he was occupied. a very pretty young woinait bade us be seated, supplied us with reading ittatter and was just about to leave when I recognized her and calling her by name-f'Vera Ehlert. wait a minute, she stopped and we spent a very pleasant I-:ilf hour. at the end of which time, according .to 'Miss Kattfnuztfs story. the pain was gone. As we were leav-