Steinmetz High School - Silver Streak Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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With two baseball championships, a good record in track, swimming, football, basketball, golf and bowl- ing to our credit as the years rolled on, Steinmetz continued to make great strides in music, art and other fields as well. ln the first all-city Music Festival of Chicago Pub- lic Schools on March 28, 1939, our choruses and band participated. In the orchestra competition on May 13, 1942, our orchestra received an S rating. The choruses have repeatedly rated high grades. Steinmetz can boast of every sort of musical group from dance bands to a symphony orchestra, from soloists to choirs, from trios to concert orchestra, from swing band to a full concert band and an B.O.T.C. Band. Each of these musical aggregations has its part to play, but a debate once rose in Mr. Bradley's class in Public Speaking as to the relative merits of Classic vs. Iazz Music. Mr.7Groom tried to settle the argu- ring-it but we bgieire it is still a rnootnquesfdnzfsg-1 Steinmetz was featured on Citizens of Tomorrow in May, 1940. That same year, the Steinmetz and Foreman orchestras played a joint concert at the Grant Park Band Shell preceding the usual concert. The name of Curtis Koch was reverenced at Stein- metz in May, 1942. He was the first of our boys who was killed in action and our first gold star is dedi- cated to him. On May 27, 1943, the Roll of Honor, handsomely carved wooden plaque set with the names of our alumni in service, was dedicated at memorial serv- ices. It was donated by the Student Council, Ir. 'Girls' Choir, Boys' Choir, Office Service Club andll943 class of Iune. A second plaque has been provided by the Ianuary class of 1944 and various clubs. Steinmetz has done an all-out war job. The draft registration and sugar rationing registration were two early contributions. The gift of a fifty dollar war bond, sent to the Presi- dent by the Polish Club, was an early response to the challenge war presents. The war effort was furthered with the collection of silk stockings for parachutes. Ioseph Ronto headed the list of contributors with 500. The scrap metal drive in 1943 had everyone rum- aging for usable materials. Radios were collected for use in the training of government radio operators. Books have been brought for the Victory Book Drives. But the biggest collection of all is the collection of war bonds. Steinmetz was awarded the Minute Man Flag in May, 1943. lim Brophy, as president of the Student Council, and Mr. Ramsey, assistant principal of the school, accepted the flag from Mr. H. D. Crotty of the United States Treasury Department. It is still flying proudly. The Steinmetz Flag, too, is high, as always.

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