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

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The Nineteen Thirty-lhrce Graduation Number Page Thirty-eight S A B l N l T E A N N U A l. lung 33 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF IENNIE MOSTYKOWSKA, 306 Honor Pupil I made my first appearance in the Pres- byterian Hospital in Chicago on August 2, 1917. In my early childhood I survived many hard knocks and bumps but am none the worse for them. I entered the Koscuizko School at the age of eight and stayed there for about four months, when we moved to our pres- ent home on Haddon and Damen. After we were settled in our new home my sister took me by the hand and told me she was enrolling me at the Columbus School. I studied hard and skipped 2B and 4B, finishing the six-year course in five years. During my sixth year I grew very impatient to get to Sabin. While discussing Sabin's activities with an ex-Sabinite I learned there were seven periods a day and three lunch periods. This of course was all new to me, because in all my former years of schooling I did not have more than three teachers and seven periods meant seven teachers. On the eventful day that I entered Sabin I wondered would I get good teach- ers?? - would I succeed? Before I knew it I was taken to room 212 where I met most of my present classmates. After being in Mrs. Jenkin's room for about three months we were separated, the girls going to Mrs. Pattison's room lwhich was the gym in former daysj and the boys to Mr. Mishkin's room. After Mrs. Pattison took over the boys' glee club we were trans- ferred to Mr. Mishkin, and then to our present teacher, Miss Roehl. After being in this school one semester I was told what the requirements were to become an honor society member. Fulfill- ing the requirements was not an easy task, but I have met the requirements every term for the last five semesters. In 8B I was permitted to chose an elec- tive. I chose commercial because it held the most interest for me and I intend to continue my education along this line. In 8A, Miss Clark chose me as one of the children to receive free art lectures at the Art Institute sponsored by Mr. D. C. Watson. I was overjoyed with this op- portunity. The most glorifying and interesting part of the three years at Sabin is the planning for graduation-the songs and exercises and finally the day itself. I intend to go to Tuley next year and from there to the Northwestern Business College for further business training. I am deeply grateful to Miss Shanley for her friendliness and advice and to Miss Sinnott for inspiring me to chose my career, and Miss Roehl for being our honorable home-room teacher this last semester. Twelve Things to Remember 1 . The 2. The 3. The 5. The value of time. success of perseverance. dignity of simplicity. worth of character. 6. The power of kindness. 7. The influence of example. 8. The obligation of duty. 9. The wisdom of economy. 10. The virtue of patience. 11. The improvement of talent. 12. The joy of originating. -Marshall Field. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF NATHAN NADEL On September 12, 1918, at Cleveland, Ohio, a tiny bundle of life came into this world, and was a blessed event to my parents. These were the happiest days of their life. As time went on I grew up to be a young boy. At the age of four years, my father's business was transferred to Chicago. Com- ing to a new city, I was very lonely for the playmates I had left in Cleveland. I entered kindergarten at the Sabin School. At that time I was five years old. My teachers were Miss McCormick and Miss Bremner. I liked kindergarten very much, and had great enjoyment from the games we played. When the teachers put on a show for the children, I was proud because my teachers picked me as a drummer. When my mother came to take me home from school, Miss McCormick told my mother that I had talent in musicg she also told my mother to give me music lessons. Soon after that I took sick and con- tracted measles, which took a long time to be cured. We later moved to a different neighborhood, and since it was only a few weeks until summer vacation, my mother didnit send me to kindergarten anymore. When I was six years old, I started school at Von Humboldt, and I went there up to the fifth grade. Then again moved to the same neighborhood near Sabin, but I couldn't go to Sabin then for it was a junior high. I had to complete my grades at Wicker Park School. After that I en- tered Sabin and again Iwas glad to be Miss McCormick's pupil. My sincere wish now is to go through Tuley High and then to attend Northwestern University. My chief hobby in sport is baseball, but I love other sports, basketball, football, track, swimming, ice-skating and etc. For a profession I intend and hope to become a professional baseball player, as a catcher on a big-league team. In conclusion, I extend my heartiest thanks to the princi- pal, and faculty of Sabin who gave me their support in all I accomplished in this school. I am proud of the school I'm graduating from, and am also proud that I started my schooling with mv loyal Prin- cipal Mr. Moynihan, and am finishing with Mr. Moynihan, BIOGRAPHY OF OUR MAYOR On February 8, 1919 was the birth of Harry Stein, the present mayor of Sabin City. In the St. Francis Hospital in Evan- ston, Illinois, his lusty-voice joined the chorus already established. When five years old, he entered the Von Humboldt School which his two brothers had previously attended. In third grade he moved to the south side and entered a school where he and another boy were the only white pupils in the school. This was the Doolittle School. In a year, he moved to Logan Square, going to the Avondale School, residing in this neighborhood for a period of four years. Leaving this section he moved farther north to Albany Park, where he finished the Hibbard Elementary School and enter- ed Von Steuben Junior High School. In Von Steuben he skipped 7A and in 8B moved to this neighborhood. Entering Sabin he immediately became popular with the politicians of the Progres- sive Party and so when in 9B ran for Mayor of Sabin City. His worthy oppo- nent, Martin Mirsky, gave him a close fight, but lost out in the final election. He hopes to be either a scientist or a noveltist. Good luck, Harry Stein. Tuley gets an- other good man! Telephone arrzson 8855 THE ODER PRESS I1 7 W est H arrzson Street Telephone Brunswzclc 7707 THE LOGAN SQU RE LI OTYPE 2397 W est M11 waukee henue H . Lil um .EI 1 CU. an

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june, I933 The Nineteen Thirty-three Graduation Number SABINITE ANNUAL Page Thirty-seven REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES lContinuedl which make it more expensive per pupil tremendous demand for this type of educa- tion, particularly from poor boys. In 1920 the enrollment at Lane was 1,5785 in Feb- ruary, 1933, it was 8,084. At the present time this great army of pupils is in school under unbearable housing conditions-at- tending a main building with only 1,600 seats four branch buildings, two rented halls, five public park field houses, and six- ty-three portables. ls the statement true that the cost of school buildings in other cities ranges frow- a minimum of S250 to a maximum of S400 per seat? This statement must have referred to rural academic high schools-not to met- ropolitan technical high schools. Even so, the New York State Educational Depart- ment states, It is safe to say that per pupil costs of 5200 to 5400 for high school buildings are entirely impossible. We do have in rural sections of New York State many combined elementary and high school buildings of small capacity and rather mid- dle age construction that range from 5200 to 5500 per pupil. These small rural high schools have an average enrollment of less than 200 pupils each. The statement that 5400 per pupil is the maximum cost of school buildings in other cities does not check with the facts as the following table shows: Schools City Cost per Pupil Brooklyn Technical High School, New York, N. Y. ............................ 81,052 Textile High School, New York, N. Y. .............................................. 1,054 Gorton High School, New York, N. Y. ......... ................. .................... 1 , 094 Longfellow Jr. High School, New York, N. Y. .................................... 1,132 Roosevelt High School, New York, N. Y. .... ........................... .... ........... 1 , 0 68 Newton High School, Newton, Mass. 1,745 Columbia High School, South Orange, N. J. ..... . ....... . .................. 1,100 Inness High School, Montclair, N. J... 1,328 The costs of these buildin ran as high cost KS as 77c per cubic foot. The average of the last ten high schools erected in New York City is 53c per cubic foot. The New Lane cost is 50c per cubic foot. A survey by the Board of Education at Yonkers, N. Y., which included 107 school buildings in 35 states, revealed that only 38 buildings cost less than 5400 per pupil. Statement No. 4 The statement has been made that the school tax levy was less drastically reduced than the city tax levy. For this statement to stand up with a semblance of accuracy, it is necessary for the present appropriations to be compared with those of a particular year 119301 when the school levy was the lowest and the city levy the highest of the past five years. That is both unfair and misleading. In 1930, the educational rate was so low that a bill had to be rushed through the state legislature in a special session to keep the schools from closing. On the other hand, the city corporate rate was adequate in 1930 and was later reduced by the legis- lature. The fact is that the school appropriations have been cut far more drastically than appropriations of other local governments. The school building fund levy was reduced from 519,000,000 to 52,500,000 in 1932 616,500,000 reductionj and it was almost completelv wiped out in 1933 618,680,000 tContinued in next columnl Last Will and Testament of the Graduating Class We, the graduating class of June '33, hereby declare this our last will and testa- ment in the presence of Time, the Master of all our Destinies. Clause I-To Mr. Moynihan the honor of having seen his first graduating class through safely. Clause II-To Mr. Boehm, a fencing part- ner that is shorter than Blackie lalias Clark Gablel. Clause III-To Miss Veatch, a club of re- porters who will get news and news and plenty of it. Clause IV-To Mrs. Pattison, an alpha- bet of more letters to take off for de- portment. Clause V-To Miss Northgraves, a So- cial Hour class that will not be made up of dumb clucks. Clause VI-To Miss McGurk, a 9A class that will hand its Career Books' in on time. Clause VII-To Miss Wier, a class that she will not have to keep 10 minutes from lunch. Clause VIII-To Miss Manton, a Latin class that won't translate too freely. Clause IX-To Miss Kelly, a class who will know the difference between mono- mials, binomials, and trinomials. Clause X-To Miss Skudnig, a class that will place on fold and cut according to in- structions. Clause XI-To Mrs. Edmonds, a class that will clean up the sink at the end of the hour, and put the boards away. Clause XII-To the freshies, the destruc- tion of all red ink. Clause XIII-To Miss Reynick, the joy of having an automatic robot to run all her errands. Clause XIV-To the 9B's the dignity of being Qbecomingj 9A's. THE GRADUATES. This is to certify that on the 16th day of May 1933, A. D. the last will and testa- ment of the graduating class of June '33 has been signed in my presence. Josephine Duda. Witnesses: Shirley Maizel Mary Crouse QContinued from preceeding columny reductionl. Even the educational fund levy was reduced more severely than the city corporate levy. On the basis of the statutory rates, fixed by the state legisla- ture and now in force, the city corporate fund was cut from 542,000,000 to 540,000,- 000, and a reduction of only 52,000,000. The educational fund levy was cut from 550,500,000 to 544,500,000, a reduction of 56,000,000, three times the city cut. In the light of these facts, it is evident that the schools received very unfavorable treat- ment as compared with other public func- tions. The school budgets for 1932 and 1933 were reduced 525,000,000 and 530,000,000 respectively below the 1931 budget-a two- year reduction totaling 555,000,000 No other local government can match this rec- ord of retrenchment. The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. 2lI GIRL BORN IN IAPAN Autobiography of Larissa Kostenlro I was born in Tokio, Japan, on the night of June 10, 1917. My father, who was a Colonel and Commander of the Russian Imperial Mountain Artillery was at that time in the diplomatic service of Russia in Japan. I lived in Japan until I was nearly four years old. For a time we lived in a house in Tokio built in the Occidental style. Then we moved to a low rambling Japanese type of house with a big garden around it. The garden was full of flowers, cherry trees, for which Japan is noted, peach trees, and had a small Japanese shrine placed in the middle of some maple trees. In the summer we went to the seashore to Kamakura, where the biggest Buddha in the world stands, or to Oiso, where at times you can see the fishermen bring in a whale. Then in August, 1920 we went to Yoko- hama where we lived for a few weeks be- fore leaving for the United States. On the way we stopped at Honolulu for a short visit, then went on to San Francisco. Until we came to America, I spoke only Japanese. I started to go to school about a year after our arrival, and gradually learned the English language. We lived in Chicago, and here I started my school career. Then to New York and later to Washington, D. C. where we lived for about a year, returned to New York and remained there almost three years. At that time my father was a member of the Scientific Staff of the American Geographical Society of New York and went to South America for several months. While he was there he went over the ex- isting maps of Chile, Uraguay, and the Ar- gentine, and made the necessary changes no bring them up to date. Upon his return we moved to Washing- ton, D. C. again. Life in Washington was full of interesting happenings. We went to the egg-rolling at Easter on the White House grounds, to all of the many places of interest in the city, one of the most beautiful in the world. We went up many times to the top of the Washington Monu- ment from which you can see the whole of Washington and some of Virginia and Maryland on a clear day. We went to the Lincoln Amphitheater and the buildings of Congress. Washington is full of small parks and squares with famous statues of noted men. In the autumn of 1928 we returned to New York where my father died on August 21st. After his death I came to Chicago, and my brother went to school in Connecticut. He joined me a year later in Chicago, where I attended the Wicker Park and Columbus schools. In September, 1931 I came to Sabin and after having passed an interesting and valuable three years, I am now g'raduating. BIOGRAPHY OF PEARL SPIEGEL, By Marshall Zeman, 208, 8A Pearl Spiegel was born May 25, 1919. She entered the LaFayette School at the age of six. After eight years of good work there, she was ready to advance into a higher institution of learning. It was indeed her good fortune to be able to transfer to Sabin where she chose the Latin course. Pearl intends to go to the Roosevelt High School where she will continue her Latin course. When Pearl completes the three years there, she intends to enter the Illinois Pharmacy School, as her ambition is to be- come a Registered Pharmacist.

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