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

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lunej l933 The Nineteen Thirty-three Graduation Number SABINITE ANNUAL Page Twenty-five Do You Remember Way Back When? One September day three years ago, was the first time 211 was combined as a group. Of course at that time it was the dear old I'. 5 which now is Mrs. Preskill's portable P.7. Gee, time sure does fly! I remember way back when the home room was or- ganized. For a few days we were all upset having substitutes and everything from soup to nuts. The group before having P. 5 as a home- room had 201. We happened to have Miss McCormick's portable for English the last period which incidently happened to be Miss McCormick's free period. We always wished we could have her for a teacher. As I sit down and think back I remember clearly that she wore a pretty alice blue dress with tiny white dots on it. She seemed to make the children laugh, popping her hat on her head any old way which she sometimes does today. Who would ever think of taking pains in put- ting on a hat? Well let's be getting back to the subject. However, the precious day came when we were put in Miss McCor- mick's homeroom. We stood up against the black board scared stiff when she popped her big blue eyes at us. Here is one saying I shall never forget that she told us before seat- ing us and that is as follows. I don't care how dumb you are as long as you are courteous and polite. The favor we did for Miss McCormick was that several of us took home some towels to wash. We got along fine. When we reached 7A we thought we would do something for the school and to promote our reputation. II almost forgot that in a few days we had to be transferred to 211 for some rea- son unknown to teacher, students, books and all.J In 7A, 211 formed a clean-up squad, of which I remember Stanley Soja was the captain. And boy were the grounds clean! No remarks, if you please, or else we'll say VAS YOU DERE SHARLEY? In 8B 211 decided to form a newspaper which was edited by the pupils of the home- room. 21l's Journal was the name of the newspaper. It was interesting and was part of a past time of the homeroom pe- riod. In 8A the pupils had the homeroom period as a time for French. Miss McCor- mick was the instructor, of course. We learned songs and some sayings that were of interest. After all the two years and 211 had won a superior reputation, Miss McCormick was taken ill with a nervous breakdown. We were all sorry and wished she would re- cover soon and be back with us. As Miss McCormick took ill we had sub- stitutes. Time passed and we reached 9A. Miss McCormick recovered and returned to 211 and we settled down to brass tacks. The class of 211 has enjoyed itself throughout its time in Sabin and has tried to keep the rules and regulations of the school. And so saying I endeth this: 211's history through our three years in Sabin. Elaine Rudy, 211. BIOGRAPHY OF ROSE ABELSON By Sanford Lipschultz Rose Abelson was born in Chicago, Illi- nois, March 7, 1919. In the early part of her life she lived on a farm in South Haven with her parents and relatives. Later she came to Chicago and attended Wicker Park elementary school and from there came to Sabin. She is a very energetic and athletic girl and competes in all branches of sports, but the sports she likes best are basket-ball and baseball. Opening the Exposition with Power of Forty Years Ago On any bright, starry night, near the first of June, go out-doors at about nine o'clock and look directly overhead. Immediately a bright star, a little to the south, will at- tract your attention. You will notice that it is in a line with the continuation of the handle of the Big Dipper, also in a line drawn from the North Star, through the end of the Handle of the Dipper and south- ward. Arcturus is the name of this Heavenly Giant, against which our sun is a pigmy. His light, and heat-giving power are many hundred times greater because of his size. The distance from us, however, is so great that our puny units of measure are too tiny to be of any use, for of what use is a mile, for measuring such stretches of space? There would be so many zeros that we would be frightened. Therefore such distances are measured in light years , that is the distance light, going at the rate of 186,300 miles per second travels in one year. We know that it takes the light from the sun, which is 93,000,000 miles away, about eight minutes to reach the earth, but Arcturus is so far away that its light re- quires a little more than forty years to reach us. That means that the light which started from Arcturus a century ago. when Chicago was being founded, is just reaching us now. What was more appro- priate than to use those same rays, which started on their earth-ward journey a cen- tury ago? It was doneg the great telescope at the Yerkes Observatory at Lake Geneva, Wis- consin, was focused on the star and its rays caught on a photo-electric cell where they generated an electric current which was re- layed to the fair-grounds and when the but- ton was pressed, thousands of wheels began lo turn, countless lamps were lighted, a fairy-land, such as had never been seen lfefore, unfolded before the eyes of a spell- bound world. Niagaras, rivers, geysers, oceans of dancing, quivering, scintillating light seemed to bathe the whole worlduln color. The Century of Progress Exposition was born. Moritz W. Boehm. The Biography of Martin Mirsky By Sanford Lipschultz Martin Mirsky was born in Chicago on February 3, 1919. The first part of his life was not very exciting until he entered the Lowell School. He later entered the LaFayette School where he became very popular. He was graduated from LaFay- ette with all S's on his report card for his last semester, was president of the Boys' L. L. L. Club, and gave a valedictory speech on graduation. When he entered Sabin he ran for mayor but was defeated by Harry Stein, one of his friends. Martin is also in the honor society where he was presented with a medal. His great ambition is to become a doctor. His one great weakness is girls. Martin is also a great little actor and is the hero of our graduation play Who Wouldn't Be Crazy. He intends to go to Tuley High School and then to Northwest- ern University. During three years at Sabin she has been an honor roll student. Her ambition is to go to the Chicago Normal school and become an English teacher. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROOM Zll We, the graduating class of 211 of Sabin J. H. S. of Chicago, Illinois, possessing happy and sane minds QI hopel do hereby solemnly and gravely declare this to be our last will and testament. We bequeath to our principal, Mr. Moyni- han: The pride and happiness of seeing the tirst graduating class under his direction and the satisfaction of knowing he need not sign any more autographs until January. To Miss Reynick: Fond recollection of Sabin's best and most famous graduating class. To Miss Northgraves: A better and more intelligent Social Hour class. To our Teachers: Our thanks and ap- preciation of their help and understanding. fWe'll forget the homework and bad marksj. To the future 9A: We leave the power of talking their teachers out of an impend- ing UD . To Miss Byman: The pride in knowing we all love her and will never forget her. To our best teacher: Miss McCormick: The knowledge that she did a good job of governing and teaching us and that though we might all live to four score and ten we shall never, never forget her. Class of 211. Witnesses- Perl Welowitz, Walter Hyss, Harry Stein. This is to testify that this, the last will and testament of Room 211, has been wit- nessed and duly signed in my presence as executor. Wanda Opalinski. TEN COMMANDMENTS THAT LEAD TO SUCCESS 1. Cultivate the habit of persistence which is the most necessary element to suc- cess. 2. Make up your mind to do the things you dream of doing. 3. Plan the first step to be taken. And begin. 5. Believe in yourself, believe in the thing you mean to do, and be proud of it. 6. Do not be turned from your purpose by your failures nor expect too much at first. Achievement is not a swift ride in an elevatorg it's a hot, hard climb up a long, steep hill. 7. School yourself to disregard discour- agements and opposition, and to get along, if need be, without praise or ap- proval. 8. Do not interfere with others, nor try to direct their lives. You'll find it all you can do to make a success of your own. 9. Cut the ill humors from your disposi- tion, and disabuse your mind of the thought that you are being slighted or overlooked. 10. Finally, be of cheerful countenance. More battles have been lost by frowns -more successes are won by narrow margin of a smile-than this old world dreams of. -The Em Quad. Successful men do the best they can with conditions as they find them and sel- dom wait for a better turn.

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Page Twenty - four H SABIN' L g CHAMPS IN A SLUMP The Sabin Girl Volley Ball Champs or Sabinites have played two challenge games with the boys of their home room losing each game. On Wednesday, April 12 the Sabinites played a volley ball game at the Eckhart Park Gymnasium. They challenged the Eckhart girls to a game, losing by a score of 45 to 16. The Sabinites have received their medals and at every game they wear them proudly. Bernice Bochnik, 106 MAMMOTH GYMKHANA FOR YOUTH WEEK The Physical Education Dept. of Sabin- ond Sabin's Branch under the direction of Miss Edith Byman, Mrs. Frances Wilmes and Mr. Jule Mishkin presented a stupend- ous gymnastic and athletic program in cele- bration of Youth Week, May 21-27. The attraction filled the huge assembly hall to capacity and required nearly two hours to run through its numbers. The program follows: Girls: 1. Folk and Singing Games .................... 7th Grade, 2. Saratello Cltalian Folk DanceJ..Branch, Byman Wilmes 3. Tactic Drill ........... ........... S abin, Byman 4. Danish Gymnastics ...... Branch, Wilmes 5. Balloon Dance .................. Sabin, Byman 6. Popular Clog ................ Branch, Wilmes 7. Tap Dance .................. .... D ancing Club 8. Spanish Waltz Clog .... ..Schley, Wilmes Boy's Program prepared by J. Mishkin Boy's Announcer, Gilbert Palmer, 205. The first number on the boy's program was an exhibition of fencing featuring: Bernard Black, Irving Hertzberg, Ezra Cuny. The second event on the boy's program was the tumblers giving an exhibition of fancy tumbling and acrobatic stunts feat- uring: g Henry Berger fCapt.l, Edward Sorocha, Sidney Katz, Jerry Merradian, Steve De- hata, Walter Malosnick, Teddy Malosnick, Robert Barth, Ernie Schonfield, Sam Davies. The next event was boxing and wrestling featuring: 115 lb. Boxing clam: Dean vs. Perlman 120 lb. Wrestling class: Eli Varen vs. Alvin Ruttenberg 120 lb. Boxing class: l Danny Isenberg vs. Mike Szalkovitz 115 lb. Wrestling class: Perlman vs. Schoenfield 140 lb. Wrestling class: Eugene Noskin vs. Fred Belloff Gilbert Palmer, referee. The last and main event was a wrestling bout featuring: Pete Unions vs. Davids. Clowns: Schoenlield and Davis Directors of boy's entertainment: Mr. Mishkin and Mr. Buska. Referees: Pete Unions, Mr. Davids, Mr. Cossack. Stage Hands: 1. Harry Stein: 2. Walter Hyss: 3. Donald Mellisg 4. Phillips Kap- lang 5. Anthony Galanskasg 6. Frank Woj- ton. The Nineteen Thirty-three Graduation Number SABINITE ANNUAL june, i933 Zll GIRLS WIN I?l FROM BOYS After a great deal of razzing , the girls of 211 accepted a challenge from the boys in their room to play a baseball game with them. The date was set for Thursday, May 11t . Mr. Moynihan was asked to umpire the game and very graciously accepted, and he was a very, very great help in the game, so naturally the girls won with a close score of 8 to 7. The game was held in the large gym because of the bad weather that day. The boys and girls were all good sports iwhich can be expected of Room 2111 and there were no alibis. Honorable mention for their good play- ing: Kathleen M., Regina Tkocz, Helen K., Wanda D. Lineup for Boys: 1. Frank Wojton, 3rd Base 2. Arthur Seidler, lst Base 3'. Philip, Center Field . Stanley Soja, Left Field . Anthony G., Short Stop Leon Cooper, Up Short . Donald Nellis, Right Field . Harry Stein, 2nd Base . Alfred Steur, Up Short Lineup for Girls: 1. Regina Lavin, 3rd Base 2. Regina Tkocz, 1st Base 3. Helen Kaminska, Center Field gi Wanda Dabrowski Left Field 6 4 5 6. 7 8 9 . Kathleen McEvoy, Short Stop . Stella Z., Up Short Genevieve P., Right Field 8. Adeline Gadowski, 2nd Base 9. Adeline Kuja, Up Short 7. SABI N BEATS MAN LEY Leon Cooper, 211, 9A On May 24, at Eckhart Park, Sabin's baseball team beat Manley 10-9. In the first inning, Sabin scored three runs. Fred Ryndak pitched up to the fourth inning, when Geno Lappicola came in and pitched the rest of the game. A rally occured in the fifth inning when Edward Swatek got a hit with bases loaded making the score 10-8. The only home run of the game was hit by Sidney Ziegler of Sabin's team. The lineup for the game was as follows: Anthony Galauskas ................. ....... 3 rd Base Sidney Ziegler ........... ........... C atcher Hyman Bittman ..... ......... S hort Stop Walter Swatek ...... ......... L eft Field Edward Paruzek ......... ...... C enter Field Woodrow Oscinska Herman Soloman ..... ....... R ight Field . ..... .......... U p Short ............Pitcher Fred Ryndak ......... Geno Lappicola ........ ..... . ........ P itcher Harold Niehauser ...................... Second Base Allen Salzberg ............................. lst Base TRACK PRACTICE ATTRACTS ' MANY ' This year, Mr. Mishkin says there were more candidates for the track team than ever before. The team has practiced at Eckhart Park with high hopes of win- ning the track meet. There were no out- standing members on the team but the boys are working hard. Q I Y f . f ' s aaa- - ' :- VIA V?- Z-I H1-1 tl : Al 6 Ziff, ,iiatsaigiap .. ,A --l Q5 lil ' . -' fe QQ.,-6 J 1 M? Y 45-gl 4 -U l 4 ,f 5 'intff 4,..Q -' SABIN LOSES TO FRANKLIN Sabin lost one of its scheduled games to Franklin by a score of 14 to 7. In the first four innings of the game Sabin led Franklin by a score of 7 to 1, but in the seventh inning Franklin, through a rally scored eight runs to which they later added flvc more and so won the game. Sabin Lineup: 1. Herman, 2B. 2. Bittman, S.S. 3. Tony Galanskas, 3B. 4. Scheman, C. 5. Walter Swatek, L.F. 6. Porajeck, C.F. 7. Saltzberd, 1B. 8. Woodrow, U.S.S. 9. Kulik, R.F. 10. Ryndac, P. 11. Lapicola, P. Raymond Wassell, 104 De Canio:- I'll have you know that my forefathers signed the declaration of In- dependence. Roben:- That's nothing. Mine made the Ten Commandments. Sabm Intermural Baseball Tournament 8th and 9th Grades The Sabin eighth and ninth grade base- ball tournament is completed. The awards Tn the tournament were as follows: Ninth grade, Room 105 won first place and gold medals: 106, second place, silver medals, and 304 of Schley third place, bronze medals. In the eighth grade tournament there were only two places, namely: Room 102 won gold medals, medals. and 305, silver Rules Fast pitching-4 balls, strikes unless caught by of bases-runner must hold base until ball passes home plate. Banner also awarded to champions. no foul balls are catcher. Stealing Preacher- Tell me young man do you ever pray. Jack S.- Oh, yes sir! Three times a day. Preacher- And when is that? Jack S.- Before Physics, Algebra and Social.

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Page Twenty-six The Nineteen Thirty-three Graduation Number SABINITE ANNUAL june, i933 The Rise and Fall of Fools By BRUCE BARTON QFrom the Red Book magazine, June, 19313 Our stock-on-hand of prophets is too large. Charts and analyses darken the face of the sun. Predictions cover the earth as the waters cover the seag economists are as common as boll weevils. Amid all this babble and confusion I hear one clear voice. My friend William Feather of Cleveland has invented a sure method of predicting the ebb and flow of prosperity. Hereafter I shall pay no attention to car-loadings, bank-clearings, crops or com- modity prices, he says. I shall concen- trate on. just one indicator-the rise and fall of fools. When I look about me and see young men, half my age, driving high-priced cars, leaving their offices at three o'clock in the afternoon, boasting that they made twenty- five thousand dollars last year and exchang- ing tips good for a thousand dollars over the week-end, when I see boys rolling in money, boys whom I wouldn't hire to wash the rollers in my printing plant-when that day comes around again, I shall rush to my bank and sell every share of stock I own. Because, he continued, God never intended that fools should make a better living than honest workers. Whenever a situation arises in which they do, I know that it is contrary to the fundamental laws of the universe and cannot last. When the market cracked in 1929, I happened to be in a small city in the Mid- dle West. A business friend told me that at least a dozen young men in that town, college graduates of 1927 and 1928, had never gone to work at all. Sitting in brokers' offices, they had made twenty- five or forty thousand dollars a year and looked pityingly at people who were still old-fashioned enough to work. A few weeks previous, a man had come into my ofiice to ask us to handle the ad- vertising of an investment trust. I wouldn't have trusted him with a nickel, yet he was proposing to invite the Ameri- can people to turn over a half billion dol- lars of their glory in 1929. Verily, fools were in their glory in 1929. As I write this, it appears to me that they are now pretty well defiated. It must be about time to begin to buy. -Bruce Barton. Biography of Sanford Lipschultz Sanford Lipschultz was born August 19, 1917, on the West Side of Chicago. He attended the Lawson, LaFayette and Sabin Schools. In the LaFayette school he was made office boy and advisor of the LaFayette Loyal League. When he came to Sabin he ran for the office of Municipal Clerk but was defeated by his worthy opponent, Morton Jenkins. When he joined the newspaper club he was elected Editor-in-Chief of the Sabinite Staff. He spent most of his early life in the west. He is a great lover of boxing and won the silver medal at the Y. M. C. A. He expects to go to the Tuley High and from there to the Northwestern University where he has great ambitions to become a physician and surgeon. While at Sabin he established a fine rec- ord for himself and he is an Honor Roll Student. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLOTTE BADEMIAN, 9A, 306 I was born in Smyrna, Turkey on Nov- ember 4, 1917 of Armenian parents. When I was two, my father and one of my broth- ers came to America, intending to send for the rest of us later. A few months later a war broke out between the Turks and the Armenians. There followed long days and weeks of suffering, and fear that the Turks would attach our house as they had others in our neighborhood, killing the men and taking away with them the young girls. I shall always remember the sight of the terror- stricken people whose houses had been burned to the ground, roaming the streets looking for shelter and food. in the rivers floated the bodies of persons who had been drowned or killed by the Turks. Finally ships came from other countries to our rescue. An English boat took some of us to a little village in Greece. There the homeless refugees built rude long houses to protect us from the weather and the swampy grounds. Picture, if you can, the pitiful condition of our people without homes, money or food. My father, learning of our plight, im- mediately sent us money with which to go to Paris. I attended school there and acquired so many French comrades that I soon became very much like them. I learned to speak French fiuently and was very happy in my new home. I thought the French schools were wonderful. Girls and boys attended different schools and as a consequence I was very shy in the company of boys. I progressed nicely in school, although the discipline was very strict. We had home- work every night, and a whole page of history or geography to learn by heart, but we learned quickly then because we were young. Every semester at the end of a term, I received my French honor certifi- cates for having passed that grade with honor. I stood at the head of my class. I still have those honor certificates among my souvenirs. After we had lived in Paris for four years we received news from my father that he would become an American citizen, and thatrwe would soon be able to join him in America: Imagine my joy at the pros- Pect of seeing my father after seven years. And so on September 1, 1927 my mother and I landed in New York Harbor. fMy older brother stayed behind in France, but he came over a year later.J After a two months vacation I entered a public school in Chicago. In spite of my nine years I was put in first grade for I did not under- stand English. It was a new experience for me to be in a class with boys. The teachers took an interest in me and helped me with my English and other work. Now, five Years later I am graduating from 1- SPRING Elsie Colditz, Asst. Sec'y of the Write a Rhyme Club Spring is coming, spring is near 'Tis a season full of cheer Every thing is getting green And pretty flowers will soon be seen. Sarah Levine, 310, 7B Spring is here, spring is here Birds are singing loud and clear I saw a robin build it's nest And he's the bird I like the best. Elsie Colditz, 303, 8A Biography of Kordyan Lewandowski Assistant Editor of the uslbiniten By Joanna Lesinski, 106 Kordyan Lewandowski. He was born on April 6, 1919, in Chicago. When yet very young his father purchased a theatre in Milwaukee, Wis. After this, Kordyan,.to- gether with his mother, spent his time traveling between Wisconsin and Chicago. But the sudden death of young Kordyan's grandfather caused his father to sell the theatre and return to Chicago to live per- manently. He entered the Wicker Park elementary school at the age of seven. There he re- mained for a period of one year. He then transferred to the Schley, where he re- mained and finished the 6th grade. To finish 8th grade he came to Sabin in Feb- ruary, 1933. Being a bright student he skipped 6B, and later went to summer school for 7A. Miss Schubert. was his first teacher when he entered Sabin. He later spent three years with Mr. Boehm as his home room teacher. In 9B Kordyan was candidate for mayor, but was defeated by Harry Stein. In 9A he became assistant editor of the Sabin- ite. He was chosen president of several clubs of which he was a member during his stay in Sabin. Kordyan intends to proceed to North- western University after he finishes his four year course in high school. He hopes to be a journalist. He is the oldest of two childreng his sister is twelve years old. Achievements of Pupils from Zll Room 211 pupils feel that they have a fair list of accomplishments for the time they have spent in Sabin. Among other things all but two children are receiving a diploma. Pearl Welkowitz will receive the gold key for her scholarship record. Several have honorable mention, having been on the honor roll at least two semes- ters, they are: Walter Hyss, Elaine Rudy, Raymond Zlotek, Leona Pacin. Several also have been awarded the Silver Pin for exceptional work in typing: Elaine Rudy, Leona Pacin, Pearl Welko- witz. Harry Stein was elected Mayor of Sabin School: we also have the Chief of Detec- tives, Arthur Seidler, and the Assistant Fire Marshall, Raymond Sargent. Miss Northgraves needing an assistant for help with the assemblies chose Stanley Soja. Miss Winnifred McCormick wanting peo- nle who could and would follow orders and do efficient work chose Pearl Welko- witz and Elaine Rudy. When the baseball season came along Anthony Galauskas proved his worth by be- ing chosen for the school baseball team. Theodore Berss has distinguished him- self by playing the drums in the band and has a record of six semesters in that or- ganization. The color guard of Sabin, Frank Jure- wicz, Jack Jacobson and Harrv Stein, have been ready at all times to take over the ceremony of flag raising. Personally I feel that the greatest achievement has been the sense of respon- sibility and loyalty to their school, the room, and myself, which was felt by all mem- bers of 211. Best of luck 211, I'll miss you a lot. I. R. M.