+ [X llHRl5 n this volume of the Year 8ook) wrz have tried to pnzsfnt to the public a reflection of the Ii fq ~nd spirit of W. C.H. S. ---------------------------1 THE BLUE AND WHITE Edited by THE ENI R CL OF 1923 \\ E T CHI GO HIGH CH )OL K tablishecl 1904 The fir.·t clas;-; was graclnat cl in 1906 THE\ E'T 'llJ '\ JO O Ll\1 i\ITY I11GJI HOOL l\lE TUEP OF TIIE t\ORTJI El\TH..\L .\ CIATI K of C LLE 'FS 1\ '1 ECO~D \RY S 'IJO )L' Ther ha\' b en _36 graduate to <late. BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1922·'23 C. E . Grame , Pre iclent. C. A. Lee, Secretary. F . E. Cromer 'N. Lehman R. Plane E . V . Shatwell • ----------l__J 4 THE BLUE AND WHITE MISS BEULAH REED To one \\ ho i re pe ted and lo e 1. a o- u id lightino- th pathway f four ear with ympath and a Ya t uncl r­ tanding, we the cla of '23 d dicate thi annual. THE BLUE AND WHITE 5 1I S BEUL H REED 6 THE BLUE AND WHITE THE BLUE AND WHITE 7 EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ............................................................................... Richard D. Rudd Busine s Manager ........................................................................ Homer E. Fowler irculation Manager ................................................................... Kenneth C. Lunak clverti ino- Ianager .......................................................................... Thelma Fi. her rt ............................................................................................................. LeRoy arey ociety .. .....................................................................: ........................ Evelyn Haffr n Literary and Dramatic ................................................................ Edna l\I. H pkin 1usic ........................................................................ : ................... Vv1lliam E. Shatwell GirL' thletic Helen C. ee e Boys· thletic Donald Buchanan . lumni Eleanor E. hern Joke .................................................................................................. Dorothy Car well Junior Edit r ·.................................. · ...................... live fefferd. Rolland R. Roup ·01 h mor Edit r. ............................................................ fary \ e t, are Ward Frc. hman Edit r ................................................ hirley \Vill.: . harle Buchanan ,..._...._Jty 10 THE BLUE AND WHITE Eileen Howard H . E. IcKellar upt. llan ewman Carleton Culbertson Beulah Reed, Prin. Carl lthau Ruth John. on Eleanor Ahern Ea Oke SENl• fi'S 12 THE BLUE AND WHITE H0. 1ER FOWLER "Riff" President, '23. Ba ket Ball, 22, '23; aptain, '-3. Track, '21, '22. Football, '23. Bu ine Manag r Annual. ' •Good nature is my middle name.'' DOROTHY R WELL "Dot'' Vice-President, '23. Joke Edito1· Annual. .Junior and enior Play Bu k t Ball, '22, ':!:J. ''Toucl1 me not.'• RI H RD D. R DD 'Di kn ·ecretar:r, '23. Junior and nior PlayB. Editor-in- 'hief Annual. Bnnd. ''I weigh each word before I speak.• ' HELEN KEE E " a ey" 'l'rea urer, '23. Basket Ball, '22, ' 2:). ecretary Athletic As o iation, .,. Junior and enior Play . Uirls' th] tic Edi or Annual. • 'Happy-go-lucky, fair and free. Nothing ever troubles me.'' DO ALD B HA A "Don" President Athletic A so ·iation ·2a. Basket Ball, '22, '23. ' Football, '23. Baseball, '21. Track, '22. J unfor and Senior Plays. Athletic E ditor Annual. alutatorian. ' 'Ev&ry lover has his methods-mine failed.'' THE BLUE AND WHITE 13 WILLIAM SHATWELL "B'ill" Bask t Ball, '20 '21, '22. Baseball, '21. Orchestra, '22, '23. Band, '23. Treasurer Athletic Association, '22. Junior and enior Plays. Music Editor Annual. Executor of la Will. ''Not only a. screeching tenor, but a how­ ling success.' ' H ZEL HOAG ''Honey" Junior Play. nderwood Certificate. nderwood Medal. Di tri t and ounty tenoguphy Teams. Pre ntei- of Gift. ''Brave men o' the legion have fallen before me.'' RVILLE HOW ARD enior Play. "Says little but thinks much." HARLOTTE HARTMA "Lottie'' Junior and nderwood nderwood 1edal. Di trict and ounty tenography Teams. "Ohl how she can vamp." HARRY LY H " pike" Junior Play. Bask t Ball, '13. Football, '23. ''Those eyes, that hair-behold! The Sheik!'' 14 THE BLUE AND WHITE EVELY~ HAFFRO 'Ev" Yice-President Atbleti A ·1, ociation. ':!:!. Da ·ket B11ll, '2:.!. Jttnior and enior Plays. Orelle tr11 ·21 . ., odety J~ditor An 11 uni. ''Thinks little but says much.'' KE ETH C. LU K 'Ken' Bn, ket Ball, . :.!:.!, ':.!;{. Or ·hestr1, '20, ·:n, ·:22, ·2:1. .Tunio1· 1111<1 c•nior Play_,, Cin•nlatinl{ ilanager . \ 111111111. ''Enemies have I none.'' G R ET RO P "Hatti ' Ba ket Ball, '2:.!. R1cretn1T ,\thl tit· .\ sxodntion. ':.!::. ,:1•11ior I'lny. ''Oh ! for other fellows to conquer. •' L RE E REY "Grin' R11 ket Uall, ':.!:.! . ·2:1. Football, ':.!a. naH•hall. ·:.n . •Juni o1· 11nd 11ior l'ln~·s. ('Jns Historian . ''It's a plague to be a handsome man.·· ED HOPKI "P gg ,, Drsket Ball, '22 . .Tunior n11d Senior Plays. Literary a11d Dramatic l•:ditor .\nnunl. ks Prophet. ''My thoughts are drifting in droam­ land.'' THE BLUE AND WHITE 15 ON A WILLIAMS Basket Ball, '22. Junior and enioi- Play. "Just a quiet little Sheba that's never been kissed.' ' •:• •:• •:• ARTH R I{RU E ''Art" • 'If you can't be good, b:i careful.'' •:• •:• •:• RA H RE BERG Basket Ball, '22. Junior and 'enior Pllly. rndenvood ertificate. nderwood Medal. L. C. Hmith Certificate. L. C. , mith Medttl. l istrict and County , tenog-raphy 1' nm.· . '' tn~hful 7 Not r.ny more. '' •:• •!• •:• LEROY REY " fax" Bn ket Bull, •20, '21, '22, •::rn. Foothall, •:n. Art Editor Annual. Junior 1rnd • enior Play. • 'Wine, women and radio have wrecked Ille.'' •:• •:• •:• THELMA FI HER " ally" Basket Ball, '22, '23. Junior and ,'enior Play. Advertising -Manager Annual. nderwood Certificate. nderwood :Medal. ••The windy satisfaction of the tongue.'' 16 THE BLUE AND WHITE CHESTER WIRS HING "Buck" Basket Ball, '21, '22, '23. Football, '23; aptain, ' 23. Baseball, ' 21. Junior and enior Play. "You can tell a Senior, but can't tell hiin very much." 1ABLE GOETZ Ba ket Ball. '22, '23. enior Play. "There's only one way to take 'em, she gets 'em!'' L RE CE HE H "Fuzzy" ('la Ba k t Ball, '~3. "The man without a class." EL IE M. ARL 0 Junior and nderwood nderwood M dal. L. mith 1edal. L. mith C'e-rtificat . Di trict and ounty tenography T am . Valedictorian. '' Always doing her part in a sprit so still and quiet." LURE FAIRBA K 'Hookey" Junior and nior Play. ''I'd rather know my lesson and not seem to, than to seem to and not know it.'' THE BLUE AND WHITE 17 HAROLD LAZIER "Slim" Junior and Senior Play. Orchestra, '22, '23. Band, '23. ''I am a citizen of the world.'' 18 THE BLUE AND WHITE The last will and te tament f th lass of 1 _3 f th \ . t ·hi a High School. \Ye. tbe Cla of 23 bequeath the m m ry ur la · brillian ·. o ur knowledge. having come to our la t hours, do hereby o-iv . b queath, an l clevi e all our world I good and po e ~ i n t th following b n Fi iari ·. to wit: We, the Clals of '23, bequeath the memory of our cla brilliancy, our remarkable recitations. our indu triou habit~, our pr p r dep rtn1ent. ur sunny dispo itions our beauty and our wit t ur b I ved faculty. fay this memory ever remain brio-ht and be a comfort in I nely h ur ~· f th future. ) To the classes who have been associated with u. , ,ve 1 av ur w 11 I rful example a a modern cla ·. fay they imitat but n ,·er qua] u ! To the F reshmen. we be tow our patience in enclurin Mr. \lthau.· ' p r­ si. tent 101 te ts. To next year's Senior lass. we leave a large upply of ympathy hecau. its members will not be able to maintain our hio-h tandard of wit, wi dom, gush. and gab. To the janitor. his heirs and assigns forever, we bequeath the inalienable and indissoluble right of passing opinions upon the per onal appearance of the teachers. whether favorable or otherwise. I. Thelma Fisher, do hereby bequeath my hearty appetite and 111) nerve to \\ orth Torri!S, and my suitors to Cora Berndt. I, Kenneth Lunak, do bestow the lure of my car (for the la<lie ) to Charles \i\Tard. and the fluency with which I speak French to 1ichael Heinz. I, Vara Scharenberg. do entrust my abundance of hair to 1ildred Crick­ man, and my coquettish ways to Marcella Dierks. THE BLUE AND WHITE 19 I, rthur Kruse, do hereby give to Clifford Ettinger my ability to leave home one minute before time for cla es to pa and arriYe two minutes ahead of time, and my long string of feminine admirers to Charles Roundy~ I, Evelyn Haffron, do bequeath my worst failing, "men," to Helen N el­ on, and my talent as a pianist to Olive Mefferd. I. Le, Roy Carey, bequeath my ability as an actor, author, arti t. and mu ician to "Boot " Bolhveg, and my erious attitude toward life in general to "Brick '' Diebold. I. ona \Nilliams. bequeath my dramatic career, which tarted by selling ticket at the \'. e t Chicao-o Theatre to Lil Plath and my teady unday, Monday, Tue day, \Neclne day, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nite elate to Le0na "\iVheeler. I. he ter Buck \ ir ching, bequeath my ability as a dancer to "Duke" 1Lmann. and my com-incing argument to Eddie Heinz. I, harlotte Hartman, haYing gone through hio-h chool with my lOOo/c intact. now ca t it a ide and bequeath it to any needy Freshie. lso. becau e of my o-reat de ire to he ab lutely "letter perfect,' I leave all the worn-out typewriter and lead pencil era er , with the under tanding that they are to be loaned to wh ms ever hall a k for them,. without regard to race, color.