Woodrow Wilson Junior College - Profile Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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vote too We think of our voting here at Wilson as not mere- ly a chummy little popu- larity contest, but as a valu- able training ground f o r future good-citizenship. There is little chance for rotten boroughs. Students are required to present ac- tivity cards before they vote, a strict guard is kept over our voting booths to forestall any possible disputes, and a special crew of election judges carefully checks the J ballots. , L The Senior Class this year Bk was sharply divided in their choice for president. Op- posed for the office of president of the Sophomore A Class were Lenny Rifas, guard on the basketball team, and Don Wangerow, ex-editor of the Press. After a short but hectic campaign waged energe- tically by both candidates, Rifas emerged victorious in the thrilling run-off election by the margin of a single vote. Lovely, vivacious Jean Hartwick was elected vice- president; petite, capable Sara Aronberg was chosen for class secretary; and red-headed Irwin Hirsch became the class treasurer. Officers of the Sophomore B class were Phyllis Wendell, Mildred Cohen, and Margaret Shiu. This year ' s conscientious officers have succeeded in making Wilson Col- lege more worthwhile scholastically and socially. The students and faculty were well pleased with the outcome of the elections; even more so as weeks went on. Class problems that arose were skillfully and tactfully handled, and the unusually successful social events were carefully planned. Our class officers, you see, take the elections in the same civic spirit as do our voters.

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Study hard offers a considerable number of vocational courses which prepare the students who are interested in business. Excellent training is given in retail selling, merchandising, sten- ography, bookkeeping, accounting, and fly- ing in the recently added aviation course. Special emphasis, of course, is placed upon study and with the aid of an excep- tionally well-equipped and well-adminis- tered library, the process is comparatively easy. More than fifty-five thousand vol- umes enable the students to study any sub- ject, old or new, in all of its aspects. One of the pronounced aims of the staff is to keep the library up-to-date. It possesses a cur- rent periodicals section and magazines, newspapers, pamphlets and other publica- tions from all parts of the world are received daily. In addition to this, the library com- prises a considerable collection of art works and reference material. The major objective of the college and its administration is to prepare and to send into the world men and women who hove be- c ome more intelligent and better educated and who will help to create a better world for themselves and for those who will follow. An excellent faculty, good equipment, ambi- tion, earnestness, and the will to learn are in existence in the junior college today. Undoubtedly, with the group of serious- minded young men and women who seek a liberal education, the ends for which we strive are not hard to accomplish.

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And put on plays like ' ' Escape ' Place: Dartmoor in a fog. Tune: Early even- ing, a year later. Characters: Fred Vinroot as convict, Matt Denant and Morris Schwartz as a fellow convict. Situation: Matt has been con- victed for the death of the detective. We find him in prison digging for potatoes with a fellow convict. This same convict is helping Matt with a plan of escape. In a few moments Matt will ascend the prison wall and his perilous escape will begin. Place: Parlor in a cottage of gentility. Time: Three hours later. Characters: Anamary Kirch- hoff as Miss Dora, the younger sister; Genevieve Sauris as Miss Grace, the elder; Alex Phillips as the farmer. Situation: Matt has been ap- prehended by a farmer and has escaped from him to this parlor. Miss Dora has just hidden Matt when the farmer enters in pursuit of him. The sisters deny having seen him and Matt is still safe. Place: Hyde Park in London. Time: Night. Characters: Lucille Rothblum as a girl of the town and Fred Vinroot as Captain Matt Denant. Situation: Captain Denant has just returned from a day at the races. The girl has requested a light for her cigarette. They are discussing life from their individual viewpoints. When Matt leaves a detective will attempt to arrest the girl for approaching him. In a scuffle Matt will accidentally murder the detective. Place: A bedroom in an Inn. Time: Morning, forty-three hours later. Characters: Barbara Blanchflower as the lady at the inn. Situation: So far the escape is successful. Matt has spent the night under the bed in the lady ' s room. He has fallen asleep and is about to be discovered. Matt will persuade the lady to aid him in his escape. She will provide him with old clothes which hide his prison uniform. Place: Vestry of a Village church. Time: An hour later. Main characters: Bernard Mamet, as the parson; Alex Phillips, the farmer; Fred Vinroot, the convict. Situation: We now find Matt in the vestry of a village church. The farmer and his helpers hove traced him there. The parson has concealed him behind some cassocks. The former demands the parson ' s word as a Christian gentleman that he has not seen Matt. At this Matt surrenders himself and the play ends.