St Ignatius High School - Ignatius Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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IGNATIUS PREP PERRY ll'lAYR and Catcher JOHN MAHONEY. With the Hubs was ED IIURTUBISE, substitute. Selling peanuts in the stands was JOE MAHO- NEY. I saw JOHN IIOEF, now a baker with lots of Hdoughf' purchasing a bag of peanuts. I was carried to Hollywood. And who, to my dismay, did I see, surrounded by beautiful but JIM SEGRUE, the Shiek the Greatest Actor of the movie actresses, of Hollywood, Silent Drama. I flew high Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains until I reached the University of NVashington. I was surely surprised to see FRANK GOMOLSKI, Ph.D., over the highest tops of the lil.. D., lecturing to a psychology class. In a.n- other part of the building JOE GRADY was throwing black coal into a red furnace. I went North a few miles into the Dominion III Vancouver a sky-scraper loomed great. sign on the top bearing these . . , , of Canada. up, with a words : . 3 THE HILER HOTEII JOHN 8: XVILLIAM HILER, PROPS. Still North my Hplanel' and I went. I be- lieve we were at the North Pole. I noticed an igloo far below me. As I came nearer I saw that it contained a group of men. Among them I easily recalled JIM HENRY, first officer of the SS. Bearcat, chartered for exploration in the North. The ship was fast in the ice fifty miles to the South-East. From out of the cold came a man. He removed his fur cap and I perceived JIM IIOGAN, one of the crew of the Bearcat. As near as I could judge I was being carried South toward the headwaters of the Hudson Bay. At the head of the Bay, two horsemen, clad in the scarlet of the Royal North VVest Mounted Police, attracted my attention. They turned out to be GEORGE HAT1'0N and BILL SHEA, Inspectors, R. N. XV. M. P. Upon our leaving Hudson Bay, my fairy com- panion vanished into thin air. I was alone on the magic carpet. My 'fsteedl' dove rapidly through the thick black smoke clouds over New York. The carpet glided along, keeping abreast of an L train. CIIARLEs CRANE sat with one grizzled hand on the controller, the other on thc air brake. Passing the New York Theatre I heard the full, ringing voice of ART BURKE, the leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany. VVe sped to VVashington. Opposite the Capitol Building was an im- mense billboard bearing these wo1'ds: ,- BIYRRILII, CLOONAN Sa ENGLISH I YOUR PIcRsONAL IIAXVYISRS. Alld then l saw the three heroes of the St. Ig- natius rostruni walk by, 2ll'IH in arm and gaze in fond rapture at the sign. I took a parting glance at them as I. shot along on the heels of the winds. I followed the Atlantic shore line South, with the speed ol' a gale, and arrived at Palm Beach. On the golt' links ol' his private estate, I saw a face well known to mc. lt was JOE CALIENDO, Inillionaire spagetti king, wintering in Florida. We glided over to the island of Cuba, the rendezvous of thirsty Americans., The carpet hovered over a distillery and 011 every available space were these words: l'oNnoN lJisTn.LERv Co. The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico frol- iccd below me. I passed quickly over the levees of New Orleans. As l was carried up one street and down, another I noticed many billboards bearing the names of .I.-,Mus and -IOIIN LANE, and advertising, The Greatest Slack VVire Art- ists in the VVorld. And all of these signs had a smaller sign on the top which read: IJADISLAITS ll l.ASLON THE UI.'TDOOR ADVERTISING AIAN In the New Orleans Hospital Or. JOHN B. LAPKA, the famous nerve specialist, was per- forming an operation on DAN IXIOCARTHY, the tobacco king. Dr. TIM lll.CAIILlFFE was the anesthetizer. The carpet swept over the waves of the storm- tossed Atlantic. On the bridge of the S.S. Queen of the Seas stood Captain BILL ROTCH- FORD, and at his side, with the insignia of first ofhccr, was ED COONEY. Down in the dark, black hold JOHN RYAN handled a Hmean shovel. In one of the first-class cabins slept LAWRENCE RITSSELL, first violinist of the Chi- cago Symphony Orchestra, returning from an 927

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IGNATIUS PREP somewliat bli11ded by the bright sunlight stream- Illg through a hall'-opened wi11dow of 111y room. XYhen 111y eyes beeznne ZICCIISIOIIICLI to Illt' i11- tense brightness I saw to 111y complete surprise, a mere slip ol' a girl standing at my bedside. 'tllellol Say, l1ow did you get in? l ques- tio11ed after I lliltl hastily dropped flat on the bed illltl pIIlled the covers over 111y head. I opened your wi11dow. l 11111 one ol' tl1e tlood Wish Fairies. My queen heard you wisl1 tl1at you might see your Old 1-lasslnates. Her Illilglt' earpet is going to earry you tar and wide until you see every one. I have IJOCN seI1t to ZICCOIIIIJZLIIY you 21 little of the wayfl In Zlll instant, l.l'tJl1l Illf' warni. eozy bed o11 tl1e VVest Side of lllllt'2lQ'0, l was in lllltl-illl', lianging tlll to lllll earpet l'or dear lite. 'tYou will be able to reeognize all ol' your t'l2lSSlll2llt'S. l'lYOl'j'llllllQ tl1ey are doing at tl1e ti111e that you see them will be made clear to you, bIIt you will see tl1e111 witl1 fairy eyes and IIOI with your own, because tl1ey have aged Zllltl ehanged. ,Xnd you rannot be seen by human eyes. But l'ClH0lIllWl' this---the moment you utter il single word l'l'tbIll 11ow o11 until the time you are returned safely to your bed, yo11 will be hurled to tl1e earth below. Ito you under- stand '? l noded lAl'tilIl :heer tear to believe. I l'elt tl1e heat waves of the 'l'exz1n sands be- low me. Slowly winding its way in Qllltl out ol' trattir, down the main street ol' San Antonio I saw El tuneral proeession. A silver sign Oil the hearse bore these letters: J.x3I11s A. Cixssmv. And sitting beside tl1e driver ol' the hearse was JIM CASSIIDY, a man who still is i11 ttTip Top l'OI'1ll. A l'ew miles from San Antonio. o11 the Ameri- ean side ol' tl1e Rio tlrande river, I was carried near a lb2ll'l 0l ol' Texas Rangers. In Ctlllllllillld was Capt. JOE llolziliuo, followed by Pvts. LI FUND and l,.x3IIs. Behind llltx detaehment eame lat-ge1111101110b1Io witl1 an Aineriean float- ing proudly over Illll radiator. I11 the back seat was lin KELLY, newly appointed ambassador to hlexieo. JOHN DI'I-'FI-tv was driving the ear. 226 Far down into the heart of Mexico I was taken. Standing in the doorway of a sl1op with a myriad of so111breros inside a11d out, BILL COLOIIAN greeted his customers with a cherry: Como esta lid? Away North in Arizona two men were is Drawing by Jos. M. hV2lll'Z2lk7 ,211 'feounting tiesl' on the Southern Pac-itte. They were TONY KUNIQA and l1is pal, CAs11II11 Kms- NIENVSKI. I11 Los Angeles I eneountered ANDY JASIN- SKI, owner of a Kosher meat market, JOHN KEIXTING, an advertising p1'omOter, RAY KIL- BRIDE, M. D., a11d filling his prescriptions, XIINC IQERRIGAN. On a ferryboat plying between lios Angeles and Catalina Island I saw VVAIITEIQ A. JOHN- SON, chief engineer of the vessel. This was the day of an exhibition game be- tween the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Hubs. JACK XVALL was calling balls and strikes. Ill the uniform of the Cubs I recognized Piteher

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IGNATIUS PREP Iiuropean tour. And in one ol' the sailor-'s bunks was XVIIJJXM Ilvrnicfk XVALSH. Once in London, I was transported to the Arena. Sitting in one corner, with his second sponging his body. was MA'r'1' IlI'I,LlCN, Heavy- weight Chznnpion ol' the IVorld, Oli MK. O. liet't fame. lloxv I wished I could have wit- nessed some ol' the actual battle, but my carpet stopped 'For only a brief moment. In Edinburgh, Scotland, the people were awaiting the arrival ol? the greatest golf chain' pion that the world ever saw. Soon a motor car made its way into the city from the country and in the back seat was Rolnclrl' ltl. IIORIC The next stop ol' my unknown itineray was the Mac-Sweeney Tliezitre in Dublin. There on the stage, I easily recognized IMN I-IONOHIIIC, doubling for the villain in H'l'lie Vilild Irish. I was whisked to Paris to the Cate Ameri- canique. Amid the darkness and rain, a large electric sign stood out in the sky as a light-ship stands out on the ocean. The letters formed these words: I30XYNliY'S Ftxiwovs AMERIMN ORcHEs'r1m. I heard music. I was inside the Cafe. On a raised platform, in front of innumerable tables, xxx ff ' 'fa 0 0 Z fx 1' ll! flu' 3 W A 1 0 0 J 0 ij ' 0 E J . J 0 M. 0 A 'if 1 A ' 0 Q til' J D y 'i Qty J-l' X Drawing by Jos, M. Walezak, 'S-I I recognized three ot my l'oriner classinate:-4: IIOWNICY, a bit aged. but still heating a wicked drum, in front ol' him and to one side sat JOHN IJUBIICL, almost hidden by monstrous saxa- ' 228 phones, at an ivory grand piano was LEN DUFFY, pounding away at the keys. At 15 Rue D'Noise, in the musicians, colony, I noticed this sign: M. JEAN McAvo1 LESSONS AT ALL HOURS. I was surprised to learn from the conversa- tion of two Apaches that ARTHUR MCGINTY had been newly appointed Commissionaire of Police. But my greatest surprise was at the Noir Cafe, where I saw on the stage my old friend HART- MANN MIIJLER, dancing in a Russian ballet. From Paris I flew to the Principality of Monte Carlo, whose prince is N. PAUL BIORAND. Grouped around a roulette wheel were Bon MOORE, the famous sculptor, GENE PRIBYL, the iron magnate, and NVALTER RADAY, president of the P. L. Z. 85 W. R. Ri. Outside, leaning against one of the pillars which support the massive building, was PAUL ZERKEL. He ap- peared to have been losing heavily at the wheel, I do not recollect crossing the Atlantic, nor arriving again in the Il. S., but I suddenly found myself in Cleveland, Ohio, and looking into the directors, room of the Cleveland State Bank. In the president's chair sat ALOYSIUS BREEN. Wfalking slowly down a dimly-lighted street of Detroit, Michigan, I saw CHARLES BARTLETT of Prep fame. In his right hand he carried a roll of paper. On the top sheet I perceived these words: LIFE AND VVORKS OF EUGENE O,NlCILL BY CHARLES BARTLETT. His attire had seen better days, but the life of a dramatic critic is hard. I was carried across Lake Michigan to thc Cream City. There I saw a very large po- liceman waddling after a howling mob of street urchins. The arm of the law suddenly stopped, took an immense blue bandana handkerchief from his gun-packet, and mopped his brow. The carpet bearing me now moved along the street level. And then I recognized TOM AHEARN. The shore line of Lake Michigan was below me. I realized now that I was in the fashion-