Wendell Phillips High School - Phillipsite Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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l UNE CLASS WILL zu, fm form Ml erm sw We the graduating class of Iune runeteen hundred and forty-one do now by wntten proclarnatron desrg nate this as the process of drsposrtron of our cherished and beloved possessions and these fortunate ones as the recrprents of the aforementioned chattels To the student body at large collectrvely and rndr vrdually and severally and Jorntly we do hereby be- queath and devise-to respect and to keep to use but not to abuse the Wendell Phrllrps Hrgh School the attendant responsrbrlrty of guardranshrp of that lrght of knowledge and the splendid leadership of our teachers who comprise our faculty who struggle so valrantly to increase our knowledge and rn general make our high school lrfe an enjoyable and profitable one To the Senior A s we wrll grve-bequeath the honor the mrngled thrrll and drsparr of that most srgnrfrcant occasron-graduation the responsrbrlrty of leading the school to even greater heights American problem classes and their extemporaneous debates and the relaxation that rs garned on the night of the Seruor Prom To the Senior B s we bequeath the trials and trrbu school lrfe rs raprdly coming to a close and literature classes with that old poet Wrllram Shakespeare To the Iunror A s we wrll the expectancy and anxrety of reaching the semorrty that rs now but one half year away the mysteries and rntrrcacres of advanced physics and what rs one of the most enjoyable of school semesters To the Iumor B s we bequeath that important feeling that rs a part of casting their first ballot the elatron of becomrng upper classmen and the rntrrgurng currosrty which the frrst rntroductron to the scrences and me chanrcs awakens To the Sophomores we will Junior drvrsrons that on the verge feelrng when they began to pass into the second stage of hrgh school life the relref they must feel at ceasrng to be freshmen and rnklmgs and drm vrsrons of the two abundant years ahead of them To the Freshmen we bequeath twelfth hour classes that rnferrorrty complex and the wrstful hope of some day wreaking vengeance on a cruel world In hopes that Iames Saunders ma attarn a hr h Y 9 scholastrc average Herman Corron wrlls some of hrs knowledge Thelma Mathes wrlls her abrlrty to make frrends and keep good attendance to her srster Delorrs and a friend Lucrlle Iackson Hattie Currie wrlls her scholastrc abrlrty and her abrlrty to get along with others to her two srsters Wrl lrmae and Marjone Currre Helen Roberts wrlls her positron as crty clerk of Phrllrps to her cousin Zeorda Rhone and friend Theatrs Allen Iohnetta Felton wrlls her magnetic personality hum orous qualrfrcatrons and many achievements to Mar jana Clark Emma Sanders wrlls to Elorse Ianette Sullivan her pleasing personality and scholastrc abrlrty Eddre Gray leaves wrth hrs cousrn Leon Mrtchell hrs athletrc abrlrty and hrs sweet baritone voice to Robert Turner Ernestrne Woody wrlls to Gertrude Lucas her abrhty to attend all classes wrthout a single cut on record Beatrrce Blocker wrlls her lrne of jrve and her dramatrc abrlrty to Mrldred Gray Edith Baldwrn rn order to rnsure Evelyn Owens of a more actrve lrfe wrlls her athletrc abrlrty Gustrne Bolton wrlls her rntense rnterest for Phrllrps to Manon Parker Cleo Davrs wrlls her agreeable qualrtres of mrnd and haracter to her srster Iosephrne and her brother Thomas Iefferson Davrs To Mattre Freeman Dorothy Srms wrlls her abrlrty to attarn and entertarn loyal frrends To Iohn Hedgley and Beatrice Green Catherrne Hedgely wrlls her unequaled grft of gab Evelyn Davrs wrlls her wrt worry and woes to her srster Dorothy Davrs In order that R Stroud may know all the popular grrls George O Keys wrlls hrs famous lrttle Black Book Ruby Jackson wrlls her condescensron her abrlrty to make frrends and pay debts to Nell Stokes Vera Mosely wrlls to Evelyn Stokes her abxlrty to attarn high scholastrc ratings by arnvrng at school on trme Irene Burkes wrlls her admrratron for Phrllrps and its faculty to Manon Iones Ernest Cash wrlls hrs drag with Roland Chamblee to Arthur Langford Vrrguua Martin wrlls her posrtron as Editor of the Phrllrps Iournal and her positron as Post Mrstress to Margaret Iames who rs chosen as being capable Hoprng that Wanda Cook has the arnbrtron to secure rt Alpha Wadlrngton wrlls her excellent talent as pranrst Florence Temple wrlls her unexcelled Jabbermg capacity to her srster Velma Temple fcOHf1HU6d on Page 982 1 1 . l ' I . I I 1 ' ' , 1 1 ' I I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I I I I I 7 ' . . . I . I 1 1 1 1 . 1 . I , I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . I . 1 1 I 1 0 I ' ' I I 1 1 1 1- I I I 1 1 I 1 1 l 1 . . . 1 1 I I . . - 1 1 ': . . lations of Bow Day, the first intimation that their high - 1 1 1 I . 1 . 1 I I . I . . . ' ' ' ' . . . . . ,, , . . . . . , . H I 0 I . . I ' II - 1 : ' 1 1 1 1 o 1 : . : ' . . . . . . . . ' I ' ' 1 I . .

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I UNE CLASS PROPI-IECY Byrd Mrs Iohnye Ruth Burgess 'P'P gave another of her famous d1nner partxes We regretted we were un able to attend for Iohnye really does QIVG such lovely dmners We left after lunch vxa plane for M1am1 Thomas Iefferson T and Ernest Bethany met us at the arrport They took us to our hotel where we dressed for d1nner Bethany took us to h1s club the Troplcal Garden Lourse Maynor 1S featured at the club and does she shall we say slay you w1th her sent1mental songs' After d1nner we V1S1l6d the Penguln Club whrch was starrlng none other than llttle Lessre Tollrver the sweet lrttle lady of Swlng She was stunn1ngly clad 1n a Mary Banyard creatzon her very latest the Swan M1am1 ms a lovely place but we couldnt stay there long On to Saratoga the land of the Blue Grass and Blue Blood horses R1chard Sanders the natlon famed vetennanan boarded the same plane for the c1ty of horses He was gomg to treat Susxe Robert Rosre Redmonds pet frlly who had suffered a broken leg Rrchard sa1d he had recently attended the Doctors Convent1on 1n AIIUHIIC Crty He chanced to meet none other than the famed phys1c1an and surgeon Doctor Wrllram M1l1er Arnvmg 1n Saratoga we took a tax1 to the race tracks we had longed to see but wart the taxr dnver looked farnxlxar It couldnt be but xt was Herman Cotton He sa1d he had been there for a number of years and was dorng qu1te well That race track IS a honey and we met many rac 1ng celebntles among whom were Rubye Iackson a wealthy horsewoman We walked down to the pad dock to glance at the jockeys and to our surpnse we saw an old fnend of yours mountmg a beautrful frlly You cant 1magme but 1t was Floyd Cavens We stopped 1n Chrcago our old home town The Alma Mater was streamlmed to a T Im sure you wouldnt recognrze rt Kenneth Bell IS now pnnclpal Adrenls Carter IS pr1vate secretary to our pnncrpal Ernest Cash IS sw1mm1ng mstructor Ella Kelly IS head of our Englxsh department and Dean of G1rls Qutte a number of our classmates are teachmg there Harold Iohnson IS teach1ng H1story Munel Ramsey and Cle ola Penman are members of the Physxcal Educatlon Staff Less1e Begley IS teachmg chemrstry and Evelyn Dav1s 15 teach1ng mathematrcs The Sams Sharp and Pres1dent are very eff1c1ent janrtors and lack Fmley has done very much for the football team Karl Spencer IS productng another show Cathenne Hedgley the sweet ballenna star IS to be the leadmg lady Andrew Mosley wrote the musxc scores Evan gel1ne Robmson that famed ha1r styl1st has just com pleted a set of the newest han' styles and she has consented to feature them 1n a show Hortense Harvey styled the costumes and guess who IS the bus1ness manager You couldnt so Ill tell you Iames Grant Oh by the way Oss1e Buckner and Harold West are busy sortlng mall for Uncle Sam How handsome they looked 1n therr umforms Harold Sald that George Keyes and Lours Spam are also work1ng for the gov ernment I presume they are also sortxng mall Helen but not Roberts wntes spec1al features for the Da1ly Blah when she 1snt busy about the house dressed student at the Un1vers1ty and 1t was a t1e be tween Mamre Baby Snooks and Mur1el Chee Chee Louls so another contest had to be held I am shll wonderlng who had the honor of belng best dressed Ed1th Baldwrn now head nurse at the Mercy Hos prtal called to say hello as soon as she leamed of our arnval 1n Los Angeles She 1nformed us of Lloyd Smlths recent success 1n h1s latest tr1al He IS vaca t1on1ng 1n Catal1na Island at present Mary Smlth and Ernestlne Woody are f1lm stars 1n therr own nghts Ernestrne IS a comedran You know Ed1th we chatted for ever so long about th1s and that but I d1d enjoy talkmg to her You knew of course about Edd1e Grays good for tune He was voted the most valuable coach of the B1g Ten I just adore wr1t1ng letters but all good thmgs must end Do wnte to us soon Grve my regards to the Stenog Helen Watk1ns Affect1onately yours Emma L 1 ' I 'I ll . u 1 I n ' 1 I l 1 I I 1 1 I I 1 . ' ' l n I I I I I ll I ll I ' I ll ll I I I . ll ll - . . I I I I . . , T ' - n - n - rl u - 11 , , ' ' 1 0 ' ' . , . - . . Kather1ne Bells soror1ty held a contest for the best . I Il ll I ll ll I - . I n I 1 Q ' ' , - . . , . ' , l I I - . . . I I I . ' ' - ' I II ll I . . I 1 . - 1 I . . . . . . I

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