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CHARLES ANDERSEN "Andy" is our famous polevaulter, at least he is the only one in the class who has been seen soaring through the ether. We all hope to see a finished product in "Andy" for our next heavyweight football team.

ROBERT SCHIPPLOCK Schipplock is Ricker's stooge in all of their devilment. Don't tell Schipplock this because he believes that it is the other way around. He is also a contortionist of no mean ability. just the other day he got into a pose that they had to pry him out of with a crowbar.

NOVEMBER 1999

CAPTAIN CHARLESj. ANDERSEN Class of 1938 Killed in action March 21, 1945

LIEUTENANT ROBERT C. SCHIPPLOCK Class of 1939 Killed in action on September 25, 1943

OLIVER SHREWSBURY "Ollie" is the skyscraper of the school. He has shown ability as a basketball player and if his improvement continues he will be one of the stars next year.

LIEUTENANT O. WILLARD SHREWSBURY Class of 1934 Killed in action on October 4, 1944 ROBERT SULLIVAN "Simone" Sully refused to appear in this column unless he could be pictured as you see. He says that any day he will leave for Hollywood. When he stopped thinking of her long enough, he wrote these writeups.

LEONARD TELFER "Lenny" never misses a dance here at the Academy, but girls don't seem to affect him as much as other cadets as he does very well in all his studies.

LIEUTENANT ROBERT SULLIVAN Class of 1938 Killed in action on November 7, 1943

LIEUTENANT LEONARD TELFER Class of 1938 Missing in action Officially declared killed in action in july, 1945, in Germany

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ACADEMY MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 1999

MORGAN PARK ACADEMY - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60643

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Marching••• cannons, muskets ••• and 9111 ••••••••.••••••••••••• 1 Writers are readers (and teachers, too) ......................... 3 Mary Lou Costin: A delightful, charming story .......................................... 5

PHOTO CREDITS: Cover: The quips and caricatures are from MPMA Skirmishers; the information on casualties Is from the MPMA/MPA archives.

Tony Churchill: Body, mind and spirit ..................................................... 6

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PHOTOGRAPHERS From Thespian Troupe 1420 to Broadway, Hollywood and "Lady Day" University .......................... 11 Barry Krlfzberg: Tales told out of school ............................................... 13 From marching to dancing to financial analyzing: the story of Bill Counts ............................................... 15

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CONTRIBUTORS: William Adams, Robert Eichinger, Peggy Gatslnos, Sherry Grutzlus, Mary Kay Marmo, Sandy Williams.

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Marching ... cannons muskets ... and 911 !

Uniformed soldiers were marching on the Morgan Park Academy campus again.

It was not a Sunday morning parade up the curving hill of 112th Street, it was not general inspection, it was not maneuvers, it was not ghosts.

It was, instead, a two-day (May 23,1999) Civil War Encampment, sponsored by the Ridge Historical

Society, and assisted by more than a dozen of Sarah Berkey's U.S. history students.

There was close order-drill for raw recruits (some as young as five), who learned quickly that the slightest inclination to disobedience provoked a stern, instantaneous dreSSing-down.

There were volleys of muskets and the boom-boom of cannon --

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sufficiently realistic sounding to send some neighbors scurrying to sound the alarm by calling 911 - - and a live-theater demonstration of field surgery (accompanied by a narrative with just enough gallows humor to remind everyone that this was only make-believe).

Dave Story [00] was surprised that the musket and cannon fire seemed so real. "It even made some of my friends jump," he said, "and the funny thing is, they never got used to it, and jumped every time."

The field surgeon (actually a researcher for Abbott Laboratories) told Cody Geil [00] that he became interested in Civil War reenactments as a result of watching Ken Burns documentary on the Civil War. Cody, who might have been a battle-field patient herself if she did not have a piano recital that afternoon, had a chance to briefly see the surgeon in action.

"It was so realistic," she said, "I could not watch."

Peggy Gatsinos [00], though skeptical at first, found that the reenactment was like experiencing history first-hand, rather than just reading about it in a text-book. "It was not just adults playing makebelieve," she said.

Shelly Agarwal [00] agreed. "The reenactment gave us," she said, "something more than facts and

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statistics. It allowed us to get a sense of that human perspective which is often left out of the text books."

A brief memorial service, honoring all of the American war dead, was conducted at the MPMA/MPA war monument at Saturday noon and a Blue & Gray dinner/dance ball was held in the gym that evening.

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Paul Thomason (r}, a former MPA history teacher and football coach, leads the boys in grey.

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Writers are readers (and teachers, too) Esther Hershenhorn in herMPA teaching days.

Writing letters to authors is a common classroom exercise, but it isn't every day that an author responds with a three-page letter.

The odds were more favorable for Harriet Arnold's third graders, however, for the author they wrote to was Esther Hershenhorn, who just happened to have taught fifth grade at Morgan Park Academy from 1967-197l.

Hershenhorn - - in a note which accompanied the gift to the MPA library of her first children's book, There Goes Lowell's Party! - fondly recalled that she was "lucky enough" to teach at MPA "and even luckier to teach under Winnie Theodore's guiding light."

She said that she still stays in touch with her MPA students and has wonderful memories of her years at the academy. "It gladdens my heart, " she said, to present MPA with a copy of her book.

"When I was your age," she wrote to Harriet Arnold's students, "I knew just what I wanted to be when I grew up: a mother, a teacher, and an author of children's books."

The inspiration for There Goes Lowell's Party! came from a Chicago Tribune article, "There's More Fact than Fiction in Weather Proverbs."

The work of folklorist Vance Randolph, who collected stories and proverbs in the Ozarks, provided some of the background for Hersenhorn's tale.

"I wrote many drafts, over many years, until I knew I had the story just right, " she explained, "but even when I had the story 'right,' I revised it one more time with my

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She also shared a secret with the third graders: seventeen of the twenty Ozark weather proverbs listed on the last page of the book were hidden in the illustrations. It took artist Jacqueline Rogers five months to draw the pictures for Hershenhorn's book.

The proverbial weatherwisdom in the book, she added, was also scientifically accurate.

Geese honk before it rains, for example, because the changing airpressure of approaching storms makes their ears uncomfortable.

The students were also curious to know how a writer spent her day. "I spend most of it writing," Hershenhorn responded, "but that doesn't mean I sit at my computer.

I can work on my stories anywhere, anytime, even when I'm sleeping!"

Hershenhorn, who has two books scheduled for publication (Chicken Soup by Heart and Fancy That) in the next two years, also said that "being a writer takes hard work (to get the story right), imagination, perseverance and a lot of faith! I read all the time!

Writers are readers . That's how they learn."

She ended her letter by providing the answers to a host of questions - - "I don't know anyone named Lowell...! never wrote a book about a dinosaur.. .! don't have a dog or a caL.! never lived in the country... " - - posed by students .

And although she may be a writer of books for children, Esther Hershenhorn is still a teacher too.

She gave the specific answers, but she asked the students to figure out the questions.

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wanted to know, "How tall are you?

The most Many were intrigued by her use of Do you have any brothers or sisters?/I pleasurable proverbs and folk sayings. Max Nicols Darnell Kimble asked, "How old are duty I have as wanted to know, "How did you find all the rain facts?/I Danny Reiter a librarian is your children? What year did you stop teaching at MPA?/I Leisha sharing a new wondered, "Is it true that when ants walk in a straight line, it means rain?/I book with our Adrianzen wants very much to meet students. So it Danny also drew a wonderful illustraMrs. Hershenhorn because, "I want to was especially tion of marching ants to accompany ask you some questions ... /I - includhis letter. rewarding ing one that may be very important to Some of our budding authors being able to Mrs. Hershenhorn - "Do you sell the MARY LOU COSTIN read a brand were curious about how to get started book at the book store (because I want new book, by a writing books. Matt Wiegel asked, to buy it)?/I Matt Wiegel wanted to first time children's author, who "Where did you get the inspiration?/I know if Mrs. Hershenhorn remembers happened to have taught here at Many wanted to know how and why his father, alumnus Mark Wiegel [79].

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Mrs. Hershenhorn began her writing All the students who heard the There Goes Lowell's Party! by Esther career, as well as how she researched story of Lowell's Party expressed an Hershenhorn, is a delightful story all the information about the rain. interest in meeting Mrs. Hershenhorn The children wanted to get to about a little boy waiting for his in person, but in the meantime birthday party. The only problem is know Mrs. Hershenhorn on a personal Lauren Robinson had a suggestion: "If that it looks like rain, and Lowell's level as well. Not only did Raja Atluri you write more books, please send Ozark relatives are likely to get caught wonder how many books Mrs. them to Morgan Park Academy./I in a downpour. Mrs. Hershenhorn has Hershenhorn has written, but he also n cleverly interspersed many weather proverbs and folk sayings and the humorous illustrations and happy ending make this a charming story.

When I introduced the book to the students, they were curious to know more about Mrs. Hershenhorn. I told them that she had taught 5th grade at MPA from 1967-1971, under Mrs. Theodore, and now lives in Wilmette with her family.

Our ever-inquisitive students wanted more information, so Mrs. Arnold's 3rd grade class decided to go right to the source. The students each wrote Mrs. Hershenhorn a letter, asking many excellent questiOllS, also telling her a little about themselves, and offering their own unique views on her book.

MaJC Cook, Jordan Gulino and Leisha Adrianzen working on leffers to Mrs. Hershenhorn about her book.

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Body, Mind and Spirit:

A Seminar about Succeeding, Persevering, and Getting Along by Tony Churchill

Mike Flannery, political editor of WBBM-TV (Channel 2), used Richard M. Daley (elected to his fourth term as mayor of Chicago the day before) to demonstrate that success is often built out of failure.

Flannery, the keynote speaker at the middle school's "Body, Mind and Spirit" day-long seminar, told students that success did not come easily TONY CHURCHILL for Mayor Daley.

The young Daley, Flannery said, was not a particularly good student and had to be tutored at special Saturday classes. He later got a law degree from De Paul University, but he flunked the bar exam twice.

"The average person's failures are not so public," Flannery pointed out, "but as the son of the mayor, his failures - both of them - were headline news."

"Failing the bar exam twice might be a sure sign, to some, that law was not meant to be their profession. Most people would give up, but not Richie Daley. He passed on his third attempt."

The kind of effort Daley made, Flannery added, was characteristic of successful people: they do not give up simply because they've failed once or twice. They keep on striving.

People remember that Daley has been elected to four terms as mayor, but they don't remember that he lost elections to Jane Byrne and Harold Washington before he finally won. Harold Washington also lost in his first bid to become mayor, but he also persevered and came back to try again and, eventually, to triumph.

And there is also the example that everyone knows: Michael Jordan, almost universally regarded as the greatest player in basketball history, was cut from his high school varsity team.

Flannery also found that winning spirit in the words of Jesse Jackson: "God keeps giving me chances and God ain't done with me yet."

"And," Flannery concluded, "despite what F. Scot Fitzgerald said, there are second acts in American life."

The "second act" for the students that day came almost immediately thereafter when they chose among several sessions offered to them: Sarah Binder, "Time Management and Organization" Susan Chelminski, "Cheese fries or Fruit?"

Shannon Doyle "Getting Along" Carol Green, "Achieving Your Goals" Timothy Pedigo, "When Things Fall Apart" Julie Wrenn, "Feeling Good About Yourself" I followed along and observed three of the sessions.

This is what the students learned.

Dr. Shannon Doyle, a clinical psychologist, concentrated on a common adolescent problem: anger. ''It is anger," Dr. Doyle said, "that often gets in the way of getting along."

Dr. Doyle proposed a four-step approach - the A, B,C, D's of anger - to help students cope with conflict. A stands for action - the event that triggers the angry response; B for the belief on which the anger is based; C represents the consequences that result from the action and belief; and Dthe all-important D-stands for doing something different in response to the feelings of anger.

It was emphasized that anger can be a useful emotion, but it must be communicated appropriately and effectively.

Carol Green, mother of two MPA students, told how she, as a young woman, sold many of her belongings to take a chance on becoming a fashion model in Paris. Her success as a model allowed her to develop, eventually, her own business.

The keys to success, she told students, are setting goals and persevering in the pursuit of them.

"If it was easy," she said, "anyone could do it."

One must have, above all, faith in one's self and what God created one to be. She also asked them to remember the words of Rev. Charles Stanley: "If it's going to be, it's up to me."

Dr. Julie Wrenn, a clinical psychologist, also encouraged the students in her session to set goals.

She reminded them, however, that "the effort to achieve the goal is often more important than the goal itself."

She also provided students with some useful metaphors to keep matters in perspective. "Emotions," she said, "are like a thermometer: it is always healthier if we can keep them steady."

The other metaphor addressed self-esteem: being perpetually discouraged, she said, "is like viewing the world through a very dark pair of sunglasses."

Students, in general, reacted favorably to the day. "I liked the atmosphere of the whole thing," one student said.

"I learned a lot of things I should probably know for life."

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Keynote speaker Mike Flannery.

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The view from the top (of the roon There are a number of people who began and ended their careers at Morgan Park Academy. Harry E. Hyman, of Matteson, Illinois, is one of those. He began his career at Morgan Park Academy in 1967, and ended it at Morgan Park Academy in December 1998.

If you were associated with MPA during those years and can't remember him, don't despair. It is not your memory that is at fault. His association with MPA has been just a little different from the ordinary.

Harry Hyman began his career at MPA in 1967, you see, as a new employee for the Ray Anderson Company, hired to tuck-point all of Hansen Hall. It was a job that took several months, Hyman recalls.

Hyman also remembers the advice he was given on that first job: "I don't care how much you do," his boss told him, "just be neat and do it right."

"I thought I knew it all," Hyman said, "but I discovered that I had to be a welder, a mechanic, an all-around man."

His work in the building maintenance trade over the last three decades has given him perspectives on Chicago that few experience. He worked on Lake Point Tower, for example, on a scaffolding 70 stories high.

In all of his years, except for the usual cuts and bruises, he had only one misadventure: the brake system on his side of the scaffold failed one time, and he was left dangling 70 feet from the ground until his partner rescued him.

It was chance (a lightning strike on Hansen Hall) - not conscious choice - that determined that Hyman's last job would be at MPA in

1998. II At first I thought it was Morgan Park High School," he added.

And what did MPA look like, Hyman was asked, from the very tip-

top of Hansen Hall? lilt's a good campus," he said. "I like the way the kids mingle."

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Harry E. Hyman, left, surveys the campus for the last time.

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Academy briefs MPA's WYSE (Worldwide Youth for Science and Engineering) team won, for the second year in a row, second place in the state-wide Division III academic challenge competition, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana, April 9, 1999.

And, for the second year in a row, it was University Lab School (Urbana) that out-pointed MPA for the title, this year by a score of 491 to 438. Thirty-four schools were represented in the state finals.

Nine MPA students garnered individual state honors: Lauren Green (tied for 5th, biology); Payal Parikh (5th, engineering graphics); Andrew Kalafut and Sanjay Ginde (tied for 5th, chemistry); Mike Better (tied for 4th, computer fundamentals); Alex Shoustari (tied for 3rd in chemistry); Patrick Schwer (2nd in engineering graphics and tied for fifth in biology); Bennet Kalafut (1st in biology and tied for fifth in physics); and Marc Mesleh (1st in chemistry and tied for fifth in physics).

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Gridlock is, alas, a familiar sight on urban expressways, but not usually in the MPA parking lot. The "traffic jam" in the parking lot was engineered by seniors one Spring morning in 1999. It was an act of civil disobedience, a creative protest against the new policy of assigned spaces in the parking lot.

The policy sent most students scurrying about neighborhood streets in search of new places to park. The policy also seems to have improved the parallel parking skills of some.

Lisa Schneider [99] was one of only 52 Chicago area seniors to win a National Merit Scholarship, it was announced in April. To qualify for the scholarship the student must, among other things, score in the top half of one per cent in the nationally administered test.

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Sarah Seifert [00], though not a medalist, was one of twenty finalists in the poetry category of the state speech competition.

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Poonam Merai [03] won second place in the National Spanish Exam in a field of 624 competitors.

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Salwa Halloway [05] received a ranking of 8 in the National French Exam and Emily Wiegel [05] earned an honorable mention.

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END OF AN ERA: Librarians Mary Lou Costin and Alice Coller dump obsolete card catalogue system in favor of computerized listings.

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MPA Poetry 1999}: Andy Strickland and another writer (above) answer questions about their poems for upper school students in the BAC! Poet Paul Sznewajs (right) entertains a lower school group with some children's verse.

Joe Salvatore leads a group of students (some of whom were venturing on the "L" for the first time) downtown to ask Chicagoans "What is the meaning of life?" as part of the 1999 principal for a day activities.

Dr. Terrence Bartolini gives first-graders in Barker Hall a few close-up, hands-on pointers on dental care.

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From Thespian Troupe 1420 to Broadway, Hollywood and "Lady Day" University tary of such productions as A Thurber an ice-cream cone one minute and a A measure of maturity for an Carnival and Feiffer's People. monster the next." actor is how far one is psychologically "Drama under Lillian Mackal's She did creative dramatics for distanced from the" starving-artist" at MPA was so wonderful," direction only one term, but later (although she syndrome.

Paula said.

"We would do it all. We can't remember why or how) she The young actor, even while put on fully mounted plays, built the found herself doing OkLahoma with involved in a long-running show, sets, made the costumes, took the the Pitt Players in the Beverly Art often worries about the "in-between" publicity photographs, and wrote the Center. That was the year before she times, the weeks of no acting work, press releases.

We had the full dracame to Morgan Park Academy as a when one waits tables or collects matic experience, and it gave us all a ninth grader. unemployment. better sense of how to fully mount a "We rehearsed three hours after Paula Newsome [79] - whose professional level producacting credits include Broadtion. All the things I way, film, and television - is at learned to do then, I'm still that secure stage in her career doing now." when she actually relishes the "Lillian Mackal," Paula "in-between" times. added, "really filled my "Being between jobs is well. She told me I could do part of the process, too," Paula things I didn't think I could explained, "and I enjoy it. do. Many times even now, Right now I'm taking piano at particularly tough lessons, riding horses - things auditions, I look back to her I wouldn't have time to do if I words for inspiration." were working. In this business, Paula also remembers when you're busy, you're really an MPA production of busy. I really love my work, Gypsy, where she made her but I can enjoy my time off entrance from the rear of because I know I'll get another the theater. As she walked acting job." down the aisle toward the Paula can speak with such stage, people began apconfidence because, since graduating from Webster Paula Newsome and Lillian Mackal in New York, a little off plauding. It was not the applause that sticks with College, she has managed to Broadway. her from that night, but the make her living as an actress school every day and then all day on in two of the toughest markets - New look on her father's face.

York and Los Angeles - in the country. weekends, but I never thought of it as "He was surprised by the audience work. I was just having fun and reaction," she said. "He didn't see me It was her first grade teacher, Mrs. Williams at the Dixon School, who playing around," she recalled. as a performer. He thought I should Paula discovered two important first noted Paula's talent. put more energy into academics, but I Mrs. Williams pinned a note to was an actress. That was my gift. It things at the Pitt Players productions: " I got my first taste of how wonderful Paula's coat one-day urging her was Lillian Mackal's nurturing that mother to get the girl into creative it was to be with other creative artists afforded me another vision." dramatics. and I discovered I could be funny.

"The theater department at MPA "I got the bug early," Paula said.

They laughed hard and a lot, and I was smart theater," Paula added, "the "I really enjoyed creative dramatics. I loved it."

Harvard of theater departments. I still loved acting out stories. It fired my At MPA, Paula was, of course, remember those incredibly beautiful imagination, but oddly enough I attracted to the stage, but she also sets [MPA science teacher] Tom never thought of the story. I could be enjoyed the implicit social commenMalcolm built for Man orLa Mancha.

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"It was truly trial by fire," Paula explained, "but it was the best thing I h ave ever done. I sang seventeen Billy Holiday songs each night and for three months I went to 'Lady Day University."'

Her first Broadway show was as Carrie in Carrousel, an experience Paula characterized as "amazing."

Her film credits include a featured role in Charlie Hoboken, Ellen in Straight Talk, and a school teacher in

Meet the Applegates. She has

appearered as a guest star on NBC's Law and Order and, playing the part of

Faye, was a regular on NBC's series Conrad Bloom.

"But you know," she added, "whether it is Broadway or MPA, the work is the same. Only the exposure is different."

She has no strong preference for live theater over film or television because the important thing to her, "is the work acting."

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Paula, in a current publicity photo.

Paula's preparation for an audition, or a performance, is much the same today as when she was at MPA. "I always memorize a script. I don't just read lines. I need to be seen as that character. The emotions become the oil in the pipeline: they take care of the words. I like scripts that are good literature. And I like to use my abilities to fulfill that literature."

Paula spent a year as an apprentice with the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, then worked in an independent Milwaukee production of Tintypes.

She returned to Chicago, did a number of radio and television commercials, and put in her share of time as a waitress at Shaw's Crab House. Her first union job was The Little Shop of Horrors, at Candlelight Playhouse.

She next played the role of Philomena, in the Goodman Theater production of A Christmas Carol, and Paula was very proud of the job she did. The Goodman Theater publicist told Paula that critic Richard Christiansen loved her in the play, but space limitations prevented him from mentioning her in his review. "Now," Paula said, "I don't read reviews until the production has finished its run."

Her performance as Philomena also proved to be her ticket out of Chicago. She was invited to play the role of Billy Holiday in Lady Day at

This time Mama Rose (Paula Newsome) has pushed Gypsy Rose Lee (Jean Doyle [79J) too far. lilt's my life, Mama."

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Tales told out Ot: school by Barry Kritzberg

Ooliet), and Chicago public schools (Roosevelt, Pullman Someone once said - and it Tech). might have been me - that nothing Ziemba remembered his father as his little league coach, could be more boring than attending his boy scout leader, and as a prankster who loved a practical someone else's high school reunion. joke, but he didn't know him as a teacher.

I said that (even if it were not One of those who did have him as a teacher interjected, original with me) each time I deat that pOint, that Ziemba Sr. was "an expert at tossing clined to attend my wife's class erasers at the heads of inattentive cadets in his civics reunions . I said " no" to the tenth, classes." "no" to the twentieth and " no" to That prompted Butch McGuire [48] to say that it was the thirtieth. not erasers, that were thrown at him. "I could also books, BARRY KRITZBERG What could be duller, I conexpel gas at will, and for that skill, I was made to sit on the tended, than standing around for window sill, with the window open, for the rest of the year. hours listening to people tell stories But, he was a wonderful guy and a great coach." about classmates one has never met?

Joe Ziemba Sr. left MPMA after the demilitarization and Such was my thinking, but now I wonder if perhaps I went on to coach at Blue Island High School. He died in have been mistaken; that, in fact, I might have missed 1972. something.

Finding his father's scrapbooks, Joe I went to a reunion of virtual strangers, Ziemba Jr. said, led to one other project. His you see, where I had quite a time. I enjoyed father, a college All-American end, was the stories, the quips, and the jokes, There invited to the Chicago Cardinals football was a cheerful note of irreverence in it all, camp in 1940, but a knee injury ended his and yet one could tell that they loved the old playing career. Joe. Jr. also learned that the place and all it meant to them.

Cardinals (who played their home games in This was the mood at Morgan Park Comiskey Park) often practiced on Abells' Military Academy's half- century gathering in May 1999 when members of the classes of Field. One thing led to another and Joe. Jr. wrote a book, When Football Was Football, a 1947, 48, and 49 walked into that familiar mess hall in Alumni Hall. history of the (Chicago, then St. Louis and, now, Arizona) Cardinals, published in Guest speaker Joe Ziemba Jr., son the MPMA football and track coach 1945-58, October 1999. offered a somewhat different perspective on The subject of the Chicago Cardinals life at the Academy in those years. He did reminded someone that Marshall Goldberg, not attend MPMA, but he lived on the running back for the Cardinals 1947 NFL campus until he was eight years old. championship team, was the guest speaker at "Not many other kids had their own the 1949 football banquet. Goldberg, who cannon and tank to play with, and not many lived on the north side, got down to MPMA kids had the free use of two gyms," Ziemba on the Western Avenue trolley. It was a ride said. lilt was also like having three hundred of some twenty miles and Goldberg said it older brothers and my sister still has the was the longest trip of his life. Another charm bracelet given to her by the 1947 recalled that Jim Thorpe, voted the greatest football team." athlete of the first half of the twentieth When Ziemba moved some eight years "... but you can't take the drill century, once spoke to the cadets at chapel. ago, he came upon his father's scrapbook out of the boy... " Lou Boudreau, the Cleveland Indians and could not help but be impressed by shortstop in the 40s and later Cubs broadMPMA's football record in the years after World War II. The caster and Hall of Famer, also addressed the cadets in their team was 7-1 in 1946, 7-0-1 in 47,6-2 in 48, and 7-2 in 49. era.

MPMA, in those days, was not much larger than it is today, And then they were off, telling story after story, in a and that 27-5-1 record was primarily made against much free-wheeling session of tales told out of school that lasted larger suburban (Argo and Lockport, for example) Catholic well into the evening hours - over dinner at the Martinique

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- and resuming again at a civilized hour the next morning at Butch McGuire's on Division Street.

One story told of a time at Wednesday chapel services when an alarm clock was cleverly concealed in the organ, set to go off at just the moment a Methodist minister was set to speak. The alarm went off, well, like clock-work, and it took nearly five minutes to locate the offending device. An alarm clock - perhaps the same one - was also used to disrupt Capt. Gray's mandatory evening study hall and the cadets, needless to say, were gleeful on both occasions.

Headmaster J. William Adams gave a brief account of present day MPA and, in the course of his remarks, pointed out that now, with a pre-kindergarten, it was possible to attend the academy for fifteen years.

"0h, my God," one of the former cadets groaned, in mock horror (or perhaps real terror).

As the group (some of whom had not been on the campus in almost a half-century) was about to leave the mess hall for a tour, one of the cadets objected.

"Tour? We can't go on a tour. I'm not ready for inspection, and I'm sure my bedroom in Hansen Hall isn't ready either. " Many of those on the tour could point to the very spot in those Hansen Hall classrooms where their bunks once stood. Some found their pictures on the walls of the dining hall, or in the gym, and a few took delight in pointing out that those other guys weren't quite as slim as they once had been.

John Steinhart [47], a retired geophysicist who taught for thirty years at the University of Wisconsin (and who also taught English for one year at MPMA), told a tale on himself. liThe prom was the night before graduation. I can't remember my prom date, but I do remember that she wasn't my first choice and I probably wasn't hers. I do remember that we went to the Indiana Dunes afterwards, where we drank all night. I remember that I had to be back at MPMA in the morning to deliver the valedictorian address, but I don't remember giving it at alL" "I wasn't the valedictorian of my class," Butch McGuire said, "and if it wasn't for one other student, I would have been at the bottom of my class. I had the distinction of doing night study halls even through my senior year. I also remember going off every night for dinner at a drug store on ll1th and Western."

Tom Tiernan [48] noted that MPMA taught him one very important lesson: "Eat everything, or you'd starve.

Every Friday night we had baked beans and cottage cheese. I still eat it; no one understands."

Jules Perlberg [48] recalled his role, as a freshman, in the dormitory food revolt of January 17, 1945. It is an episode about which the details are vague, but many agree that it was a protest against the food in the mess hall. "I was excused from exams, sent home, expelled for participating in the revolt. I have no idea what it was all about, but it was a great rebellion."

Another recalled a rifle match at Culver: "We got there a few hours early, so we wandered into the chapel, where someone played boogie-woogie on the organ. Another cadet rolled a bowling ball down the Indiana slate steps of the chapel, doing considerable damage. Oh, yes, I think we won the match."

The MPMA faculty figured prominently in a number of the stories too.

"I avoided Capt. Gray's classes like the plague," Tom Tiernan said, "he seemed like a mean old S.O.B. One night, while I was trying to sneak out, I saw Capt. Gray strolling up to get his evening newspaper. I hid behind the stand. Capt.

Gray got his paper, tucked it under his arm, and said, almost complacently, 'That'll be twenty demerits, Tiernan' and walked off without another word. But I'll tell you one thing few people know: Capt. Gray, even at his advanced age, could still shoot free-throws - under-handed, mind you with the best of them. I did not shoot free-throws very well, at all, and after one game in my junior year, Gray - who was not my coach - came up to me and cryptically said, 'Tiernan, gym, 5 a.m. tomorrow.' I thought I had done something wrong, but he got me in that gym before sunrise to teach me how to shoot free-throws. I made 86 per cent of my shots during my senior year, thanks to Capt. Gray."

There was general agreement that, although they each might have had idiosyncrasies, there were some excellent teachers at MPMA. Capt. Gray, for example, was acknowledged to be an outstanding teacher of mathematics; George Mahon taught a great physics course and when you took chemistry from Gene Marshall, you knew chemistry; Capt.

Macintosh, though he taught an unpopular subject, Latin, was adjudged to be a master of his craft; Haydn Jones lived ancient history; and English teacher Art Gumbrell was perhaps the most influential teacher in the experience of those cadets.

Fond in the memory of cadets also was Miss Evelyn Alwich, whose home became a sanctuary for day students.

Another special person was Mrs. Peschel, who allowed cadets to clutter up her house, and never said no to anyone.

There were several Loring girls, spouses of MPMA cadets, also at the reunion. One of them, on being asked for her recollections, said: "0h, I remember they were all young and handsome in those uniforms, but I don't seem to recognize any Some familiar team pictures of them now." from a half-century before draw a crowd.

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From marching to dancing to financial analyzing: the story of Bill Counts Bill Counts [47] has lunch almost every Tuesday in the alcove of Alumni Hall's dining room. He is a familiar face to most students, for he is the Kiwanis representative to MPA' s Key Club.

He has lived in Beverly since 1943 and it was his mother's foresight that brought him to MPMA. He had grown up in Marquette Park and attended elementary school there, but his mother sought a military school for high school.

Her thinking was that if the war continued - and, in 1943, most people thought that it would Bill should have all the advantages of soldierly preparation that a military school might offer.

Bill was not conBill Counts... sulted in this matter, however.

"I had no thought, good, bad, or indifferent," he said. "I did what I was told. " And MPMA was, for him, a radical change indeed.

"There was so much discipline, and the school day was so long. We started at 7 a.m. and went until 9 p.m.

Since I was not a boarder and lived just a few blocks away, I was allowed to go home from 4 to 7 p.m., but I had to be back for evening study hall from 7 to 9 p.m. (Only seniors who maintained a certain average were exempt from study halls.) On Saturdays, from 7 a.m. to noon, we had military ROTC classes - taking apart machine guns, that sort of thing."

"We were constantly aware of war," he continued. "Many of our instructors had been GI's, had been wounded, or were too old for combat, and some of those old guys were really tough. In those military classes,

one of the first things we did was to watch a very realistic war department infantry film on hand-to-hand combat, Kill, or Be Killed, and then we were taught fourteen ways how to kill someone with bare hands."

Bill vividly recalled his MPMA days (and the pages of a 1947 Skirmisher we glanced at were really more for my benefit than his).

Elliott Orr, the band director at MPMA, was the first person at the school with whom he came in contact.

Orr, as Counts' advisor, visited Bill and his family at their home.

"He went over everything, from soup to nuts, and that kind of visit was never a part of my public school experience."

On the first day of school, students were sent to the post exchange (where one could buy school supplies and candy) for a haircut (which was included in the tuition). "After a visit to Ben the barber, you'd come out looking like a plucked chicken. Gradually, however, as Ben got to know you better, he'd let your hair return to a more natural state."

Bill remembered that freshmen were expected to carry books for seniors and, at the end of that year, there was a kind of hell week during which he had to endure having ketchup and mustard poured in his hair.

He was also made to swallow a gold fish . "Mine came right back up and lived to swim for another year."

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Most classes were in Blake Hall then. There was a library on the second floor and the chapel had sliding windows, like a garage door.

The administrative offices and the dorm rooms were in Hansen Hall; Alumni Hall was for meals and recreation (including sock-hops); and the gymnasium today looks much as it did in 1947. Lower school classes were in the basement of Hansen Hall.

Images of the faculty are still sharply etched in Bill's mind.

"Col. [Harry D.] Abells, the superintendent of MPMA in 1943-44, was in his 80s then. He still drove a reasonably new Buick, but he had only one speed: fast."

"Col. [Haydn E.] Jones, who taught right up until his death [1946], was a great story-teller. He could tell the damndest stories about his semipro baseball days back in the 1890s." "[Lt. Col. John] De Grandpre, who took over the ROTC, had been in the Marine Corps. He was really tough and you just didn't fool around with him."

"Major John Roy was fairly strict, too, but nice."

"The teacher who impressed me most was [Lt. Arthur J.] Gumbrell, who was a very good teacher of English. The picture of Gumbrell [47 Skirmisher, p. 11] is accurate: the uniformed teacher stood in front and uniformed students, anywhere between 15 and 30, sat in rows."

Gumbrell taught such works as Richard Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game," Alexander Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades," and Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov.

"I remember Capt. [Francis] Gray

very well, too. He scared the hell out of everyone. He could zing you with a piece of chalk from any distance. He also had the trick of tossing a piece of chalk over his shoulder so that it would land behind a picture frame.

We all knew about his idiosyncrasies before we got into his mathematics classes. He had quite a temper and he had a tongue for foul language. All of the instructors, in fact, swore like troopers, but it wasn't tolerated among students. If a student swore, he'd be out marching for an hour."

Extra duty - marching for an hour with a twelve-pound rifle - was assigned when a student accumulated eight demerits. One received two demerits for being late to class and skipping a class might bring anywhere from six to thirty demerits. Bill once went to the infirmary (then located south of Alumni Hall and east of the playground) with the flu and, because he missed a class while waiting for the doctor, he was given eight demerits.

Bill remembers Coach Joseph Ziemba as someone who could throw a football underhanded almost the length of a football field.

Corporal punishment, though rare, was acceptable and Bill and his friend Eddie Stephenson once did something that Capt. George Mahon didn't particularly like. Mahon, who usually taught physics, had taken on an extra mathematics class because of the large (110) freshman class. Bill and Eddie did something wrong somehow and, before they knew it, "Mahon had knocked Eddie on his tail just as easily as you'd knock over a tea-kettle. Eddie wasn't sure what he did. I wasn't either. But we never did it again."

Food, in those days was still rationed, and Capt. Claude Pam pel, who taught biology and lived on the second floor of Hansen Hall was much-beloved because he freely gave out bread and jelly to students.

"He had a small kitchen in Hansen," Bill said, "and the jams and jellies he made were quite spectacular.

It was a nice change from the Cordon Blah offered in the mess hall."

There were (although one hears little about them) fourteen women,

working at MPMA, but only three lot of time dodging tractors." were considered faculty. Marion He also danced with the celSellers taught piano to a few students ebrated Chez Paree Adorables. "I wasn't (but Bill Counts was not among one of the adorables, however, I was them), Ida Nolte taught typing, and just background for the real Ruth Russell, the librarian, was livery adorables." nice and helpful." Edna Miller was in He danced, too, with the Chicago charge of the post exchange and she, Lyric Opera Ballet and appeared on in Bill's view, "was like a mother to the stage with the likes of Ruth Page, Dolores Lapinski, Margot Fonteyn, 400 boys."

Bill's life after MPMA began, of all Larry Long, Walter Cameron, and places, right on the campus that had Bentley Stone - all legendary names been home for him the last four years. in the annals of ballet.

Bill did not think highly of Ruth The colleges, in the years after World Page, however. "She was not a nice War II, were flooded with returning woman. She thought too little of GI's and Morgan Park Junior College (with classes in West Hall) was others and too much of herself."

Walter Cameron, who was operating at double its normal frightened to death to speak in public, capacity of four hundred. A Quonset frequently asked Bill to make stage hut, set up between West Hall and the announcements when necessary. gymnaSium, temporarily housed some "Dancers should be seen," of the overflow classes.

Cameron was fond of saying, "and Bill met Deb Stelton (later an MPA art teacher, now retired) at the junior not heard."

His partner Bentley Stone, on the college and she got him interested in other hand, was "a good conversathe equestrian club. The two of them tionalist," Bill said, "a non-stop talker, then worked as horseback riders at the one of the best talkers Chicago Railroad Fair I've ever known." during the summers of One can't make a 1948 and 1949. (The living by dancing Railroad Fair, held near forever, Bill eventually 23rd Street and Lake realized, and he became Shore Drive, celebrated a a financial analyst for century of railroad Dunn & Bradstreet. history. Two and a half When the company million people visited down-sized in 1989, Bill the fair over the two opted for retirement. summers.

He is now active in Later, after finishing volunteer work, serving college at Northwestern, (in addition to his Bill became something Kiwanis activities) as a that could not be quite attributed to his training at the Railroad Fair. docent at the Field at MPMA: a professional dancer.

Museum and as president of the "I was quite limber and dance was Chicago Memorial Association, which easy for me," he said. liMy mother assists people in financial and other wanted me, even though I was a child ways when there has been a death in of the depression, to experience lots the family. of things and music, tap, and dance After two long interview sessions, Bill Counts leaned back in his chair, were only a few among many."

He danced professionally from and added just the right finishing 1952 to 1966. He did tours with the touch to his engaging story.

Barnes and Carruthers Show, often on "I've had a fun life," he said with the state fair circuit. In 1955, he gleaming eyes and a warm smile, "I've danced at Panorama, a show sponenjoyed every minute." sored by General Motors along Q Chicago's lake front.

"We danced outSide, and I spent a

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And the war came home to Morgan Park Military Academy by Barry Kritzberg They came from the classes of 1930 to 1944, and they fell in strange, exotic-sounding places - Okinawa Island, Huffalize, Guadalcanal rendered all-too-familiar by radio broadcasts, news-reels, and newspaper reports. They fell, too, in unexpected places (El Paso, Texas; Fort Riley, Kansas; Lake Bluff, Illinois), much too close to home.

They were the 47 cadets (and two faculty members) of Morgan Park Military Academy who gave their lives for their country during World War II. This is the story of how the war came home to MPMA. The story is pieced together from MPMA files established originally for the gathering of information to be presented on bronzes plaques which, in turn, were to be placed at the base of a new elm tree, planted in memory of those cadets killed in the war.

The first MPMA casualty occurred in April 1941 - six months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's involvement in the war - and he was described, in the very careful language of the school administrators, as lithe first of the MPMA alumni to have lost his life in the present national defense program."

Lt. Wilmer Esler [36] always wanted to be a pilot. The war in Europe had not yet begun when he went directly from MPMA to a commercial aviation school.

"Have been flying ever since I arrived here [Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, California] and would not give it up for anything in the world," Esler wrote to MPMA Principal Hugh Price (27 November 36). lilt is the only life. Always plenty of excitement, and always on the move, and that is what I like. I know that Capt. Gray will love this, but am

taking calculus geometry, and not doing bad at it." (Captain Francis S. Gray, a much-loved curmudgeon, had been teaching mathematics at MPMA since 1917.)

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tion between the classroom and the real world, but there was clearly more to this former student than an enthusiasm for flying. He was a young man of high character and courage.

Col. Abells, in a letter of recommendation to Adjutant General E. Conley (20 April 38), described Esler as the type of young man who would "take a message to Garcia."

Col. Abells' allusion - very current in 1938, but perhaps somewhat out of fashion today - is to an episode of the Spanish-American War, popularized in an essay of Elbert Hubbard (which had sold some forty million copies by 1940). Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia" (1899) recounts the heroic efforts of Lt. Andrew S. Rowan to make contact with the Cuban insurgent forces of General Juan Garcia.

Lt. Esler was never in a position to "take a message to Garcia," for he was killed in a routine training flight at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, on 11 April 1941. His maneuvering of his disabled plane was deemed sufficiently heroic by the military, however, and the airfield at the camp was later named Esler Field in his memory.

A Detroit newspaper editorial observed: "Our peacetime army has its heroes. Many go unnoticed and unsung, their quiet deeds of valor lost in the vast anonymity of the service.

But now and then a name [like Esler's] emerges and a story of shining courage, to typify the spirit of young men in training."

One of the terrible realities brought home to MPMA by the war was that one didn't have to be in combat to become a casualty. One could be killed in training, quite close to home, or even while playing an innocent game.

The second MPMA casualty of WW II was also the result of a stateside accident. Pvt. Alfred. C. Proudfoot [34] was killed by a train while on guard duty at Point of Rocks, Wyoming, 24 January 1942. An MPMA rifle team fired a final salute, and an MPMA bugler played "Taps" at the funeral services in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois.

Pvt. Proudfoot, in a letter written not many days before his death, stated - quite simply (but very eloquently) - his own reasons for joining the armed forces: "War is not pleasant, but we've got to make the American flag stand for a country that defends its rights and protects its people." (Quoted in a letter from his step-mother, Mrs. Dorothy Proudfoot, 11 June 1943.)

News of another domestic casualty came from Biggs Field, Texas,

in February of 1943: Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Parchman [42] was killed in a B17 crash there. There are no other details about Tech. Sgt. Parchman.

Lt. Richard M. Kerns [40] withdrew from Brown University to enlist, and was killed in a practice bombing mission near EI Paso, Texas on July 1944, just two months after receiving his wings and commission.

Roy Both [33] was one of six killed in an explosion of a B-24 over Alaska, the Tribune reported (21 October 1944).

Albert Kasper [43] attended MPMA, but graduated from St. Ignatius. He was fatally injured at Fort

Riley, Kansas, while playing leapfrog during recreational exercises. He was 18.

Col. Abells began a letter addressed to "Lieutenant Gilson" (27 February 43) with the words: "It is an honor to give you this title," but added more intimately, "yet you continue to be the old Kenny Gilson that we all liked so well when you were here at Morgan Park."

A few months later, 4 May 1943, Lt. Kenneth Gilson [40] was reported killed in a plane crash "in the Latin American area, near the Canal Zone."

It was a training exercise, Capt. Daniel F. Sullivan explained in an undated letter to his parents, and Lt. Gilson's

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plane had crashed after he lost consciousness when an oxygen line malfunctioned.

An MPMA color guard posted colors and a bugler, Cadet Jones, were part of the memorial service for Lt. Gilson conducted by Dr. McCormick at the Trinity Methodist Church, 9848 S. Winchester, 23 May 1943.

Later, Hugh Price, in a memo to Mrs. Ziemba (9 October 1944), reported that a street was named in Gilson's honor at Albrooke Field, in the Canal Zone.

The last basic training casualty was Arthur Alan Versen [44] , killed by a train on 4 July 1945 at North Shore Station, Lake Bluff, Illinois, while returning to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station.

The Pacific theater Most Americans, distracted perhaps by the various stresses of the Great Depression, did not take note (as historians did later) that Hitler was granted absolute power by the German Reichstag the day after Franklin Roosevelt entered the White House (5 March 1933). The mood of the country inclined toward paCifism and isolationism, and if war were declared in Europe, it was none of their concern.

The actual beginning of World War II, and even Hitler's rapid conquest of most of Western Europe in 1939, did little to alter the American desire for neutrality.

The growing diplomatic tensions between Japan and America since the Treaty of Versailles were also thought to be of less importance than the bread-and-butter domestic issues of unemployment and the general standard of living.

The "day of infamy" (as President Roosevelt termed it) - the 7 December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - forced America into what historian Samuel Eliot Morison called "the two ocean war" and brought a quick about-face in many of these attitudes.

The intention here, however, is not to recount the history of that "two ocean war," but it should be noted that MPMA casualties followed the pattern of American engagements in combat: the intense, island-byisland fighting in the Pacific theater resulted in nearly as many MPMA cadets killed as in the conflict in Europe.

Pvt. John E. Nelson [32] was inducted into the army on 14 April 1941, but was (according to a letter from his brother, Carr, 2 June 1943) honorably discharged "because he had reached the age of 28 and they were releasing men of that age at the time. " He was recalled, however, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor - and that was the last his family saw of him . A year later, a war department telegram (1 Jan 1943) informed the family that he was "killed in action somewhere in the South Pacific."

The typically imprecise language of the telegram was not the result of uncertainty, but was conSidered, instead, a necessary security measure.

Carr Nelson also wrote (2 June 1943) that "one of the things we miss tremendously is the very interesting letters he wrote; in fact, we were very proud to show them to all our friends, which goes to show what a wonderful education he received at Morgan Park."

Hugh Price, in a letter (25 May 1943) seeking additional information about John Nelson's military record, noted that MPMA was "preparing individual files for clippings, pictures, letters, and other related material for each hero." He also reported the "largest enrollment in our history" and stated that more than 450 former MPMA cadets were in military service.

Pvt. Philip A. Falk [43] enlisted in the Marines at age seventeen, six months before his class at MPMA was to graduate. His mother, in a letter quoted in the Chicago Herald American (9 February 43), explained that he entered military service with parental

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approval: "He was a true soldier. His training at Morgan Park made him one. He liked the life and he was determined to take it up. There wasn't anything to do but give our permission."

Pvt. Falk was killed in the bloody six month struggle for Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, at age eighteen, attempting to rescue, in the face of heavy machine gunfire, two wounded comrades. (Chicago Tribune, 9 February 43).

When Col. Abells read about Falk's death in the newspaper, he sent his condolences to the parents. Four months later (28 July 1943), Lawrence and Thelma Falk responded: "Hope that the information might be in error delayed our answering the many letters we received and then in May we did receive letters from two of Phil's friends, telling us that it was so."

It was that very human need of that hope, perhaps, that made it sometimes more difficult for MPMA to learn of cadet casualties overseas.

April brought news, however, of another casualty, Second Lieutenant Albert E. Weinberg [LS 30], killed in action in New Guinea 10 April 1943.

He was posthumously awarded an air medal and a silver star, and as a

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The headlines in the Chicago Daily Times for December 1, 1941 dealt, once again, with the tenuous diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Washington: JAPAN ASKS U.S. LET'S TALK IT OVER AGAIN The story under the reassuring large type of the banner headline reiterated the note of hope: the Japanese were asking that yet another attempt be made to negotiate the differences that seemed to be hastening the two nations toward war.

Scant attention was given to the gloomy prognostication of a Tokyo foreign office spokesman who warned that there was no more likelihood of progress in the talks - so long as the United States adhered to her traditional policies - than there was of catching fish in a tree. It rated no more than a few paragraphs on page two.

The lead editorial in the same paper seemed to concur with the Japanese estimate of the crisis and darkly hinted that only a miracle could avert an imminent conflict in the Pacific.

Commencing on another page was the first article of a series devoted to American preparedness in the Pacific. The first number detailed the military buildup on Hawaii, "which was no longer the glamour girl of the Pacific. .. [but] a gigantic fortress guarding Uncle Sam's Western door." Oahu, the site of Pearl Harbor, had the largest concentration of U.S. military might and Schofield barracks was nothing less than "the greatest of all U.S. Army posts."

Security, perhaps, restricted the correspondent to generalities, but it was all, nonetheless, very reassuring.

The second article, on the threat of espionage by the large Japanese population of Hawaii, was pushed far back in the paper by the more striking events of the day: a Mussolini assassination attempt, an "L" crash which injured 35, and a new Japanese menace in the direction of Thailand.

The third installment told how the former vacation pleasure spot had been transformed into an armed fortress.

The Associated Press, meanwhile, was reporting that a new Japanese troop concentration seemed poised for a thrust against the Dutch East Indies and Thailand.

The series concluded on December 5, 1941, with an instructive account of what Hawaii, "the dynamite filled pineapple of the Pacific," would do if the U.S. went to war with Japan: "Hawaii's 40,000 Japanese aliens will be locked in concentration camps the first day of the war. Their campmates will be all of the suspicious characters in the big black book ... [of various intelligence agencies]. All leaves cancelled ... every man at his battle station ... a call for civilian volunteers ... men and women line up for air raid warden assignments ... the huge machinery of war, long polished, oiled and ready for action, begins to roll."

Two days later the huge American "machinery of war" on Hawaii was put to the test and found wanting.

A special Chicago Sunday Times edition - a "crisis extra" brought the first accounts of the Japanese air raid on Hawaii.

An eye-witness report told of "at least two Japanese bombers ...

as American anti-aircraft set up a terrific din ... [while] the sky filled with American battlecraft."

There was much confusion, as contradictory bulletins were issued from various news agencies in Honolulu, but the details seemed trivial and irrelevant beside the immitigable fact of war.

The first casualty reports were almost something of a relief: only seven dead and three seriously wounded. Two Japanese planes had been shot down.

An AP dispatch gave the impreSSion that the American forces had the situation well in hand: "Promptly, Navy officers said, the long-prepared counter measures against Japanese surprise attack had been ordered into operation and were working smoothly."

It was war, to be sure, but the greatest concentration of U.S. military strength seemed to more than a match for the wily Japanese. By mid-afternoon, latest reports indicated that the U.S. "had won the first battle in the new world war."

A later edition carried a White House casualty estimate 104 dead, 304 wounded - and there was no more talk of victory that day.

By the next day, December 8, although it was obvious that the U.S. had suffered staggering losses, there was as yet no real awareness of the magnitude of the defeat.

The air raid was properly called" a staggeringly audacious attempt," but reports still persisted that U.S. destroyers were steaming out of Pearl Harbor to join a sea battle that was believed to be raging off of Hawaii. The issue was thought to be in doubt.

When the White House announced, on December 11, that the known dead numbered 122 and cautiously conceded that total casualties might be as high as 3000, there was a furor in the U.S. Senate. Some senators charged criminal negligence all around and demanded an immediate investigation of the Pearl Harbor debacle. Saner counsel prevailed, however, as security considerations were given priority over the affixing of guilt.

The AP, meanwhile, had released a story which intimated that the "clock-like regularity of U.S. air patrols" may have substantially aided the Japanese raiders. It was very likely the earliest attempt at "explaining" the defeat, a subject that has since become one of perpetual speculation and inexhaustible controversy.

A week after the setback at Hawaii, the U.S. Army released a curious version of the attack which made no mention of American casualties, claimed that some 20 Japanese planes had been downed and, for the most part did little more than relate details of individual heroics.

Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox, sent to Hawaii by President Roosevelt to make an investigation, told a very different story with the blunt statistics of actual defeat: 2,729 dead and six U.S. warships sunk in the harbor, while Japan lost 41 planes and three submarines. Knox charged, rather mildly, that "U.S. forces were not on the alert for an air attack."

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bombardier, was credited with sinking a Japanese ship and downing six planes. He was buried at Port Moresby, New Guinea. (letter from his mother, Mrs. Ella Weinberg, 23 July 1943).

Seven memorial trees At the 70th anniversary of Morgan Park Military Academy (13 June 1943), seven memorial trees were planted for the seven MPMA cadets Lt. Esler, Private Proudfoot, Private Nelson, Private Falk, Tech. Sgt. Parchman, Lt. Weinberg, Lt. Gilson who had been killed in military service.

Lawrence and Thelma Falk wrote (28 July 43) to Col. Abells after the dedication to say they were" greatly honored" and "touched deeply" by the plaque and tree in memory of their son, Peter. They also enclosed a clipping of a Tribune column, "Line 0' Type," (17 June 43) which contained this poem:

Sons of Morgan Park (Seven memorial elms were dedicated at the 70th anniversary of the Morgan Park Military Academy.)

Seven honored decades, Thru years of peace or dread, Her sons have served our banner With seven stripes of red.

Seven stars, new golden, Shine on her roll today For seven heroes fallen In conflict far away.

Seven elms, new planted, Pay tribute to each name, And in our arch of triumph Shall hold their endless fame.

- Quizzicuss Much of the burden of gathering information on deceased cadets and corresponding with grieving relatives rested on the shoulders of MPMA's Hugh Price. Some distraught parents, on one occasion, sent him a check for "your efforts on our behalf."

Price responded: "I was very, very happy to be of help, and certainly there is no necessity for any gift on your part ... .! am returning the check

MORGAN PARK MILITIRY ACADEMY 70TH ANH1VERSARY CELEBiUTION PLANTING OF MEMORIAL TREES Sunday, June 13, 1943 - 3100 PM Program 1- Announcement of Tree Deo~cation and reading of memorial obituaries • • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• Pres. Oroebe (After the reC'.ding of each obitUary, a pause will be made 'Iilile the designated person will "plant" his tree.)

Order of planting (see sketch) and name of classmate 1 1) Lt. Wilmer Esler • • • • • • • • 2) Private Alfred C. Proudfoot ••• 3) Private John M. Nelson • • • • • 4) Private Philip A. Falk • • • • • 5) Tech.Sgt. Robert M. Parchman •• 6) Lt. Albert E. Weinberg • • 7 ) Lt. Perry Kenneth Gilson .: 11- Short dedicatory talk • • • • • • • •

with this note. It was very kind of you to remember me, but what I did was only what I would like to do for any of our boys who made this great sacrifice for all of us."

It had taken two years and three months for the MPMA cadet casualty list to reach seven - but five more would be added to the list before the end of 1943, all killed in the Pacific theater.

Pvt. Arthur Lowell Haworth [34] was reported (19 June 43) killed in New Guinea. His mother later (10 July 46) wrote Col. Abells: "I think it is so beautiful of your school to put plates at the foot of trees in memory of her boys. The living trees tell us that they live on."

Lt. Frank J. Jerome [32] returned his MPMA alumni membership in May 1943, noting these things about himself: "graduated from MIT Civil Eng. June 1940 ... married Miss Charlotte Peters ... now somewhere in the Pacific ... " A newspaper clipping (2 September 43) indicated he did "not come back from a check flight on a bomber" over New Guinea.

Lt. Robert Schipplock [39] was killed in a plane crash at Wake Island (25 September 43) and Capt. ES. Gray and Capt. Jean Landon Taylor, of MPMA, attended memorial services for him in the Grace Evangelical Church.

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While still in flight training, Lt. Schipplock had expressed his gratitude to MPMA: "I would like to say that I feel indebted to every member of the faculty for their part in preparing me and all the others for our part in this great struggle. It is for the ideals which they firmly planted in our minds that we are fighting."

Sgt. Ray Hallbauer was a graduate of New Trier, although he had been an MPMA cadet in 35-36. He was an accomplished marksman by the age of seven, and had a notable collection of guns. His mother, Loretta Hallbauer, was known to many Chicagoans as Lorraine Hall, the "Marine Mother" of radio broadcasts over WCFL. Sgt. Hallbauer was killed in a plane crash in New Guinea in September 1943.

Lt. Robert Sullivan [38], the last MPMA casualty of 1943, was "killed in action .. .in jungle territory in the Pacific." He was posthumously awarded the purple heart.

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A Marine Colonel, E.A. Craig, later (6 February 44) sent the Sullivans this message: "I thought it might ease your mind somewhat to receive a photograph of the resting place of your son, Robert, who ... gave his life in the defense of his country. On December 27, 1943, the entire regiment marched to this spot and an impressive ceremony was held in honor of those who will march with us no more."

An envelope, stamped "return to sender" by the post office, confirmed for MPMA the death of Lt. Richard J. Engelman [41], for the envelope also carried the Signatures of two military officers and the single, hand-written word, "Deceased," and another single word, hand-stamped, "Verified."

During his first weeks of combat, Lt. Engelman had written to his football coach, Capt. Henry Bollman, at MPMA, that he "got a little scared the first time I hit some of this stuff, but a person gets used to it. Things happen fast, so you don't get a chance to worry until it's over with." He also said, "Tell Capt. Jim [Casmier] I can speak Spanish with the best of them."

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In a letter (2 May 43) to Col. Abells, Lt. Engelman sent greetings to all the cadets and especially to Captains Gray and Taylor, said he was glad to receive the recent issue of the Academy News, but, on a more serious note, added: "I can't begin to tell you how much my work in military at the school has helped. But may I say something, I believe the men should have more work in the 30 cal M.G, and also the 60 and 81 mm mortar.

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AIMED they should. Of course in combat they have to learn the hard way, but while we are not busy right now, we are trying our best to get them in shape as fast as we can."

The details of Lt. Engelman's death, "on a mountainous, tropical Pacific Island," were provided in a letter later by an eye-witness, Capt.

Vernon W Classen: "Perceiving a soldier fall wounded to the ground, he bounded forward with the intention of personally rescuing the victim of enemy fire. His quick inspection revealed the wounded soldier was beyond all aid . [Lt. Engelman] was returning from his mission of mercy and was within ten yards of safety

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when I saw him fall victim to a Japanese bullet ... [his] cool courage and splendid leadership instilled similar qualities of courage and initiative into every man in his platoon. His heroic effort to rescue a wounded man drew silent applause from all witnesses."

Lt. Engelman was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for actions, the presidential citation read, "in the highest tradition of the armed forces of the United States." He was killed at Bouganville, Solomon Islands, 21 March 1944.

Pvt. Alfred Lakemeyer [31] was killed 7 February 1945, on Luzon, Philippines, according to a telephone call received at MPMA from his sisterin-law. No other information was in Pvt. Lakemeyer's file.

Willard Shrewsbury [34] was killed in action on 4 October 1944 while commanding a rifle platoon on the front lines on Anguar Island,

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Palau Group, in the Southwest Pacific.

Some three weeks later (28 October 1944) the Tribune confirmed that Cpl. Charles Mueller [43] had died of wounds suffered 19 February 1944, on Leyte, in the Philippines. He was not quite eighteen.

Lt. David E. Miles [36] was killed in action on Luzon, the Philippines, 30 March 1945. A letter (23 May 1945) from his mother, Loraine K. Miles, to Hugh Price said: "His captain returned the overseas watch, my last gift to him, his wallet, and his Morgan Park ring, which was never off his hand after he graduated from the academy. That, together with the

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wonderful scrapbook he made of his four years at Morgan Park, are my most treasured possessions."

Herb ert Reid [31] enlisted on 19 April 1944, and was killed in action on Okinawa Island, 14 May 1945. His mother Mabel Hankes gave a painting - "In the High Sierras," by her second husband Louis C. Hankes - which hung in the MPMA dining hall as a memorial to her son.

Lt. Howard Martin [37] was taken prisoner by the Japanese at Mindanao, Philippines, in 1942. A letter (21 December 1944) from Capt.

John A. Morrett to his mother reported that his morale and health were good. In July of 1945, however, Lt. Martin was officially declared dead.

The European theater Not every piece of news that came to MPMA was a casualty report, of course. Word came (12 August 1944), for example, that Robert C. Wallace [37] was awarded the silver star.

His commanding officer, Lt. Anthony Jacobs, described the heroic action (which took place at Lanuvio, Italy, 29 May 1944) this way: "Observing that the platoon was virtually surrounded and the situation desper-

ate [with all of the platoon officers killed or trapped by enemy fire], Wallace (then a private) assumed command of the men. He went from man to man, telling them to remain calm and stay in position until he could find a way for them to withdraw. Exposing himself to intense enemy small arms and grenade fire, Wallace went on a reconnaissance for a route of withdrawal... [Wallace then] personally directing the maneuver and supervising the evacuation of the wounded, himself carrying a wounded comrade ... By his organizing ability and direction of the evacuation of the wounded he undoubtedly saved many lives."

Wallace's gallantry also earned him a promotion to sergeant. He was wounded twice during his seventeen months in Italy, and was killed in action a short time later (5 February 1945).

Maj. Robert C. Dempsey [36], who had been awarded a bronze oak leaf cluster and an air medal by President Roosevelt, was another MPMA cadet to be killed in the Italian campaign, during a flight over Sicily (9 July 43) . A son was born six weeks later, and the widow, Carolyn, wrote to thank Col. Abells for continuing

the custom of presenting a silver cup to the first son of each former student.

The file on Maj. Dempsey also contained a newspaper clipping about another aspect of the war back home: a man arrested, based on Carolyn Dempsey's suspicions, proved to be someone who posed as a buddy of overseas (or deceased) servicemen in an attempt to fleece relatives.

Cpl. Elmer Stillwell, who taught at MPMA from 1930 to 1933, was the first faculty member to die in World War II. A letter (18 August 1944) and an undated newspaper clipping indicated that he was killed in action in the English Channel on 28 April 1944. His wife also wrote that "Elmer enjoyed teaching at Morgan Park Military Academy and always spoke highly of the school."

Word of the death of Pte. John D. Cutler [38] was received at MPMA in a letter (20 November 1944) from his mother, Mrs. Sadie Cutler.

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"Gentlemen [she wrote], I am hastily writing to tell you my son and only child was killed in France the 15th of July 44, so it's no use to send any more of your letters, as I am alone, and it makes me feel bad .... Sorry I haven't written before, but my mind has been full."

"These have been rather sad days" - Principal Hugh G. Price wrote (22 February 1945) to Nancy Steelman, widow of Leroy Steelman [40] "because we have heard of the death of four more Morgan Park men.

Altogether we have lost 28 so far."

Leroy Steelman was killed in action in France on 12 July 1944, but military censors declined to release any additional information.

Lt. Walter Gehrke [42] was killed in an air raid over Hamburg on 6

August 1944. His mother, Mrs. Ruth Gehrke, sent the news to Col. Abells.

"It has been on our minds constantly to write to you about Walter," she wrote, (20 November 1944) "but it is difficult to dO ... We were first notified that he was 'missing,' but a month later we received the dreaded telegram of his death. He was flying a mustang, as you know, and was on an escort mission, when a force of German fighters intercepted the raiders. They were flying at 18,000 feet, going 450 miles per hour, and Walter started down after an enemy plane. As he opened fire, one of his wings came ofL." Alfred D. Huston, a former MPMA lower school teacher, was the second faculty member to be killed in action. He was killed in France on 24 September 1944 while serving as a commanding officer of an anti-aircraft company. Prior to his enlistment, he was an Asst. Professor of Speech and Asst. to the Director of the University Extension at the University of Illinois.

Another eighteen year old, Robert Goss [42], was sworn in as a 2nd Lt. the day after he graduated from MPMA. "Word drifted back to the school of Bobby's progress," a faculty member (perhaps Capt. Taylor) wrote. "How he was 'adopted' by old-

line sergeants, old enough to be his father, of his falling in love and marrying, of his transferring to the Air Corps. It was no surprise that one of his mercurial temperament carved wings. Air and sunshine, were his elements. One affectionate letter, profusely illustrated with typical Goss cartoons, told of his progress, and is among Capt.Taylor's most treasured possessions. The idea of mighty mite [Goss was barely five feet six inches tall] flying a mighty Flying Fortress seemed incongruous when we heard it. But it really wasn't, of course. He had always wanted to become an engineer, and here he was the 'man' at the throttle of a B-17. Then the telegram ... " On the 18th of October, 1944, the Tribune reported that Lt. Robert Goss, age 20, a B-1? pilot flying his eighth mission, was downed over Germany.

"The old saying is very true, Mom," Lt. Willard Branit [39] wrote to his parents, "'there are no atheists in the skies.'" He had flown over 400 hours of combat missions, including seven trips to drop paratroopers during the first day of the invasion of France, but he was killed 26 November 1944 when his plane struck a mountain peak in zero visibility on a return flight to England.

Before the year ended, MPMA learned of two more casualties. Both

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were killed in action in Germany Emerson Parker [43] on 30 November 1944, and George Baxter [41] on 11 December 1944.

Hugh Price, in a letter (26 December 1944) to Col. Francis W. Parker Jr., Emerson's father, sadly noted that of the some 735 former MPMA cadets in military service at that moment, more than 30 had been killed.

Lt. A. Paul Heinze Jr. [42], killed in action in Luxembourg on 21 January, was the first MPMA casualty of 1945. He had been married in November of 1943; his bride, Marian

Jane Davis, and her sister (both Loring graduates) were featured in the Tribune when both married Army officers.

He was one of seven cadets in his MPMA class offered an army commission, but he did not accept until he completed one semester of college. In the army, he won the respect and loyalty of his men by bearing the same burdens they did. On forced marches, for example, he carried the full pack of an enlisted man. He explained that he didn't expect others to do what he didn't do himself.

Lt. Heinze, in a letter (24 November 1944) to Hugh Price, said that he enjoyed receiving the liinvasion issue"

of the Academy News and The Dud - an MPMA publication apparently for, and about, MPMA cadets in military service. He also said that he had not been in action yet, but he had been kept plenty busy.

IiHave been corresponding with Don Yarrow recently, and the latest I have is that he is fine after a 10 day rest in England after he was wounded."

The second MPMA casualty of 1945 was Warren L. Guderyahn [40], a member of the 2nd Armored Division (known as lihell on wheels"), killed in Germany, 28 February 1945.

He was 23.

Finding out definite information wasn't always easy. Here is a letter (30 April 1945), for example, Hugh Price sent to the mother of a former cadet: IiDear Mrs. Wojniak: IiIn February

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you sent me Frank's address and indicated he was fighting in Germany.

"Recently I had a letter from John Zaleski in which he indicated that you had bad news in regard to Frank. I am writing to secure confirmation of this report and any details of information concerning Frank.

"As you realize, all of our Morgan Park boys are proud of the record their friends are making and they are anxious to have all of the news, whether it is good or bad.

"I would appreciate hearing from you directly in regard to what I have heard."

Mrs. Wanda Wojniak replied (11 May 1945): "It grieves us to inform you that Frank gave his life for his country on 24th February 1945 in Germany. I know you would be very proud of our Frank. You have helped us to instill the highest ideals into his character."

Pfc. Frank Wojniak [41], winner of the bronze star at the battle of Aachen, was buried in Holland.

Pvt. Charles L. Wescott [44], age 19, was killed in action crossing the Roer River in Germany, 23 February 1945. He joined the army before completing his studies at MPMA, and his diploma was posthumously

awarded.

The boy's father, Dr. Randall L. Wescott, wrote (23 May 1945) to Hugh Price that letters (not form letters, he emphasized) from his n..u. -'bÂŤiP commanding , ''N officers indicated that "[Charles] turned out to be the kind of boy every parent and school could be proud of."

Dr. Wescott also made what he characterized as "a childish request" - to receive, and wear, his son's class ring. Col. Abells sent the ring.

Lt. Robert W. Caley [42] saw action in all of the major battles of the Italian campaign - Volturno, Cassino, Anzio, Rome - and, according to a bold-face caption in the Chicago Times (30 December 1944), "he didn't know when to quit." He was decorated with the Silver Star, the caption continued, for gallantry in action, He was severely wounded at Anzio, but was back at the front three months later. He was killed in action in France, 1 February 1945.

An alumni form, sent to James A. Smith Jr. [40], was returned with these words: "James was killed in Germany 2 February 1945."

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Hugh Price, in a letter (28 March 1945) to Smith's father, explained that he was "deeply grieved to receive word of the death of Jimmy when it came to me on the alumni card. We have lost 34 boys so far in the war."

The only information on John G. Kanelos [43] is a note attached to an army photograph: "died in France 10 February 1945 from wounds received in Germany 6 February 1945."

Lt. Donald W. Yarrow [42], wounded in 1944, returned to combat and was killed crossing the Rhine for "the great drive deep into Germany" on 23 March 1945. He was 20 years old.

His obituary, in the Ch icago American (31 March 1945), told how Lt. Yarrow once captured fourteen Germans without firing a shot. He couldn't have fired a shot, however,

for he was out of ammunition. It was only after taking the prisoners to the stockade that he realized that he had no bullets in his carbine.

Capt. Charles J. Andersen [38], on his 54th combat mission, was killed in a mid-air collision over Belgium, 21 March 1945.

Lt. Wilson A. Geneser [36] was one of the first troops to make contact with General Patton's forces in Huffalize, Belgium. How and when he died were not part of his file, but Hugh Price wrote (4 April 1945) to the parents: "To get word of the death of Bill [in Germany] the same evening [as another cadet] was an added shock to the realization of the tremendous sacrifice that is being made ... to make this world a better place for the rest of us. " There is no file for Staff Sgt. Clarence F. Wiegman [30],but he is listed as one of those for whom a tree was planted. He died in a Luxembourg hospital, 25 March 1945, after being wounded .

News of the death of Sgt. George Herrmann Jr. [38] came from the parents, who returned a letter Hugh Price had asked them to forward to their son. "Last Saturday morning [the parents wrote, 26 April 1945], we received one of those much dreaded

telegrams ... killed in Belgium on 11 April" in a locomotive accident.

There is only one document in the file on Lt. Leonard Telfer [37], and that is a letter from his mother, written to Col. Abells nearly a year after the war was over. Mrs. Thomas Telfer expressed her gratitude for the "living tribute" of the elm tree planted in his honor. She also added that some of her son's "happiest days were spent at the Academy with his friends and kind teachers .. . " In February of 1945, General Douglas MacArthur returned to the Phillipines; in March, Iwo Jima fell to the U.S. Marines (who lost more than 4000 killed and 15,000 wounded in 36 days of fighting) and the U.S. First Army crossed the Rhine River (the first army to invade German territory since the days of Napoleon); on May 8, V-E Day ("victory in Europe") was declared when the unconditional surrender was signed in Berlin; on 6 August an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima; on 9 August a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki; V-J Day ("victory over Japan") was declared on 15 August, although the official document of

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surrender was not signed until 2 September 1945.

Some 875 cadets and staff served our country during World War II and there were forty-nine MPMA warrelated casualties in a little less than four years of fighting. Forty-nine elms were planted on the campus of MPMA as living memorials to the deceased.

Dutch elm disease, which ravaged Chicago in the 1960s, destroyed virtually all of the memorial trees.

The trees, then, lived hardly longer than those cadets in whose honor they were planted.

Sic Transit Gloria.

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Alumni Briefs Benjamin F. Becker [26] says that, "at 91, I believe I am probably the last member of the Class of 1926, and I still enjoy my memories of MPMA. My wife Alice of 63 years and I are still hanging in there, in our own home. We have a wonderful loving family of three daughters, two sons-in-law, six grandchildren and two greatgranddaughters, as well as wonderful friends - we are truly blessed. I wish MPA the best of good luck and may the academy go another 125 years."

Saul A. Epton [27] was honored by the "Old Boys Club"- an informal association of retired judges - with a luncheon at the Standard Club to celebrate his becoming 89 years-young on July 17, 1999. Among those celebrating his birthday were Governor George H. Ryan and retired judges Richard Fitzgerald, George Marovich, Lou Garippo, Tom Fitzgerald, Lester Foreman, Anthony Scottillo, Irv Norman and "Buck" Sorrentino.

Richard E.Jennings [63] has a favorite MPA memory: "when 'Hammering Hank' Welton was smashing squirt guns with his fist and broke his hand.

I enjoyed the 25-year anniversary - it was fun to see where people ended up and how their lives have turned out. I sailed throughout the Caribbean the last two winters and I enjoyed participating in numerous regattas in the area. I still own and operate Smithereen Exterminating Company

The class of 1973 - Jerilynn Heale, Don Norton, Cathy Dunlap, Zachra Terpinas, Nancy Price, Kermit Kelly, Bruce Barker, Jim Coston, Tom Brzezinski, Jim Fitch, John Gustafvson, Bill Grossmann, Bob Doody, and Jim Maragos - holds its first-war reunion.

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(family-owned since 1988).

My telephone number is (847) 675-0010."

Frank Correll [82] and wife Carrie Beth had their second child, Claire LeeAnn, August 31, 1999.

"Claire was welcomed home by her big brother Benjamin, 2-1/2 years."

Tiffany Lis [951 married Mick Insalaco on August 14, 1999 at the Patrick Haley ManSion, Joliet.

The couple now reside at 5634 Lancaster Drille, Oak Forest, IL 60452.

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WllUam R. KeUy [2S], January 14,1999.

Dean VanOrder [32], April 27,1999.

Col. Alexander W. Gentleman, USMC (Ret.) [331, June 12,1999.

He received a commission as a second lieutenant after graduating from MPMA, but then took a degree at Principia College before entering the family business of raising livestock in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

He was called to active duty in 1940 by the United States Marines Corps and served for six years in the South Pacific, participating in invasions of such places as Saipan, Guam, and Iowa Jima. His battlefield actions earned him two Legion of Merit Awards, with Combat "Y," two Bronze Stars, also with Combat "Y," and two Presidential Citations.

After World War II, Col. Gentleman decided to continue his military career. His tour of duty, prior to his retirement in 1962, included commanding the First Battalion of the Fifth Marines in Korea; aide-de-camp to the Secretary of the Navy; the NATO Defense College at L'ecole Militaire in Paris, France; Professor of Naval Science at the University of Pennsylvania; and USMC legislative liaison officer to the United States Congress.

Col. Gentleman is survived by "SiSSie," his wife of forty years. The couple was married at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, in 1959.

A private service was held at Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York.

Harry M. Londelius [36], January 16, 1999.

Walter Schissler [40], March 2, 1999.

William Fuka [43], June 8,1999.

RudolphJ. Kriz [48], April 19, 1999.

Dr. Pranaz Vaidya, father of Avni [98], Komal [01] and Rohan [OS], January 21, 1999.

GeorgeJunker, father of Philip [85], and former trustee, September 27,1999. catherine Wanda, wife of Dimitry, former trustee, and mother of Judy (65), Greg [67], and Amy [74], October 4, 1999.

Mrs. Wanda was active in a multitude of MPA service organizations for many years.

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MORGAN PARK ACADEMY 2153 WEST 111th STREET â&#x20AC;˘ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60643 TEL: 773-881-6700 â&#x20AC;˘ FAX: 773-881-8409

Dear Friends: It is with great pleasure that we express our thanks to all of you who supported the 1998-1999 Annual Giving Fund here at Morgan Park Academy. We thank you for the students, the parents, the Trustees, the faculty, the alumni, and our grandparents. We appreciate your support and your commitment to improve independent education in general and MPA specifically. Your dedication has enabled us to reach new heights in our fundraising efforts, The growth of the Annual Fund over the past years has allowed us to achieve a new standard of excellence in all facets of our programs. The articulating of our curriculum, the ever-expanding training of our faculty, the expansion of our computer network and our library, and much more, have been made possible by your generosity.

We would also like to thank everyone who donated their time and energy to make this year's success possible. We are particularly grateful to our volunteers who helped expand our Annual Giving Fund.

Your continued support for Morgan Park Academy honors the proud tradition of this institution and helps ensure a one-of-kind education for every student for years to come.

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UHeadmaster VVlillia~ Adams 1998-99 Annual Giving Fund Results 1. Parents ................................................. 85% 2. Faculty ................................................... 3% 3. Grandparents ....................................... 2% 4. Alumni and Friends ............................. 5% 5. Trustees ................................................. 5%

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Scholarships SCHOLARSHIPS

RESTRICTED GIVING

Donald E. Coller Scholarship Fnnd Mr. Donald [70] and Mrs. Ann [72] Coller Mr. Howard [64] and Mrs. Anna Jane Meyer Mr. Fred [64] and Mrs. Michelle Montgomery Ms. Susan Shimmin [66] Capt. Francis S. Gray Scholarship Mr. Gregor [46] and Mrs. Julia Gentleman The Martha G. Moore Foundation Mr. Robert [39] and Mrs. Sandra Tully War Memorial Fund Mr. Francis [48] and Mrs. Dolores Flynn Jerry &: Lynn Thrall Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mazza Mr. A. Jay Thrall Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeffrey Thrall Mr. Richard Weinberger and Mrs. Nancy Thrall

Andrew BiUa Scholarship Fund Mr. Howard [64] and Mrs. Anna Jane Meyer Mr. Fred [64] and Mrs. Michelle Montgomery Mr. Lee [66] and Mrs. Colleen Montgomery

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cuevas, Sr. Ludwik Electric Company Mr. Michael J. Rogers [69] and Mrs. Karin Nelson-Rogers

PATHWAY BRICK CAMPAIGN

Phyllis Montgomery Fund Mrs. Alice Coller Mr. Donald [70] and Mrs. Ann [72] Coller Friends of Phyllis Montgomery Mrs. Mary Gerlich Mr. and Mrs. David Jones Mr. James [62] and Mrs. Ginny Meyers Mr. and Mrs. John Stapleton Mrs. Winnie Theodore Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tyrrell Martin Wolf Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Concannon

Mr. Robert B.[S1J and Mrs. Paulette Gear Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Gintert Mr. Hussein Hill [77] Ms. Marilyn Meunier [72] MPA Eighth Grade Mr. BernardJ. [47] and Mrs. Carol O'Brien Ms. Susan Shimmin [66] Mr. John F. [47] and Mrs. Audrey Stewart Dr. Jeff R. [70] and Mrs. Lisa Unger Mr. and Mrs. William Watson

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Pathway Brick Campaign

Your $100 contribution will purchase a personalized brick which becomes a

permanent part of Morgan Park Academy. You can order bricks for yourself,

friends, relatives or anyone you want to remember or memorialize. Print individual

or family name and/or your message (class year, major.

etc.) in the boxes below. Be

sure to leave a blank between words or wherever

you want a space. Each line

Please circle your credit card.

accommodates only 14

characters. including blank boxes. Each brick accommodates two lines (additional

Or, make your check payable to MORGAN PARK ACADEMY, and mail your order to:

Development Office Morgan Park Academy 2153 West 111th Street Chicago, IL 60643

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DCDDDDDDDD[DDO DDDDD DOD [JCDDDO D[~[JDCD third line will cost $10 more). Photocopy this form or use a separate sheet of paper if ordering more than one brick.

Your donation is taxdeductible to the extent that the Internal Revenue Code allows. Since Paving the

Way to a Brighter Future bricks remain the property of Morgan Park Academy. no goods or services are provided to the donor by Morgan Park Academy in exchange for a charitable donation.

John Doe Class of '36

Annual Giving pund 9a路99

1873 Society - (55,000.00 +) Arizona Community Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Story Jr. Officer Guardian - ($1,000.00 +) Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Ameritech/Matching Gift Center Dr. Surendra B. Avula and Dr. Sunitha R. Avula Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baldi Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Illinois Tool Works Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. James G. Richmond Dr. William Schwer and Mrs. Mary Pat Benz Ms. Linda Wolgamott Academy Partner - (5500.00 +) Dr. and Mrs. Ismail Abbasi Mr. and Mrs. Samson A. Adeleke Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich Dr. Subash Arora and Dr. Anita Arora Mr. and Mrs. John M. Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Badawi Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Bertoletti Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black Mr. Melvin Bland and Mrs. Valerie Jones-Bland Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker Dr. James Bray and Dr. Linda Janus Mrs. Maggie Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Callinan Mr. and Mrs. Javier Casimiro Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Chow Mr. and Mrs. James Coulas, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Juanito Dalisan Dr. and Mrs. George Dangles Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Danielewicz Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dejong Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Doherty Mrs. Tanya Downer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Edwards Dr. Mary French Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gabler Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele Dr. Jayant Ginde and Dr. Sunita Ginde Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Gintert Mr. Steven and Mrs. Sara [71] Grassi Dr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Halloway Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter Harrison Mr. Douglas A. Hoekstra Dr. Kenneth [77] and Mrs. Maria Holmes Mr. Michael H. Hyatt and Mrs. LaVonia M. Ousley-Hyatt

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Kaspar Dr. Mark Kelly and Dr. Kathleen Ward Dr. and Mrs. James A. Kline Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Konecki Mr. James Kowalsky and Dr. Vicki Williams Mr. and Mrs. Ajit N. Kumar Dr. and Mrs. Roy Lacey Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Lacina Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Dr. Michael Linton and Dr. Bernadette Linton Mr. Mark and Mrs. Kari 'S2 Misulonas Dr. Edilberto Nepomuceno and Dr. Arsenia Nepomuceno Dr. and Mrs. Yunus Nomanbhoy Mr. and Mrs. Hershey Norise Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Neill Mr. and Mrs. Marion Overton PrintSource Plus, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pruim, Jr. Dr. Ijaz Qayyum and Dr. Naheed Qayyum Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Radakovich Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Rasmussen Dr. and Mrs. Gerardo Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Kevin]. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Carl Riggenbach Mr. Gregory J. Rooks and Mrs. Patricia A. Thayer Mr. Asif A. Sayeed and Dr. Shaheen A. Sayeed Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Schneider Dr. and Mrs. Suresh C. Shah Mr. Walter [62J and Mrs. Kathleen Snodell Dr. and Mrs. James So Mrs. William L. Stein barth Mr. Ralph [SI] and Mrs. Annette Steinbarth Ms. Pamela Stephens Poindexter Mr. Aloysius Stonitsch and Mrs. Helen Witt Mr. and Mrs. Richard Szkarlat Mr. Allan Teske Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Dinker Trivedi Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Turner Dr. and Mrs. Venkata Uppuluri Dr. and Mrs. Ghulam Waris Mr. and Mrs. Marion R. Webb Mr. and Mrs. Guy J. Wolgamott Mr. and Ms. Robert Zaniolo

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Century Club - (5100.00 +) Mr. John [47] and Mrs. Patricia Aberson Mrs. Bettina Adeboyejo Dr. and Mrs. Anil Agarwal Mrs. Harriet Arnold Bank of America Mr. and Mrs. Peter Barber Mrs. Carolyn Barber-Lumpkin Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Bechtel Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Better Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Brown Mrs. Tynia Burton Ms. Karen Butler-Cook [SO] Mr. and Mrs. John Cater Pastor and Mrs. P.V. Chandy Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chappelle Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Churchill Mr. and Mrs. William H. Collins Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75] Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Raymond Desruisseaux, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Ashok G. Dholakia Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dugan Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Enright Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fijol Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Gatsinos Mr. and Mrs. William Gentry Mr. Richard Harewood Mr. and Mrs. Mark Harvey Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Hasty Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Hight Mr. Charles K. Hill and Dr. LisaJ. Green-Hill Mr. John E. Horn [69] and Ms. H. Elizabeth Kelley Mrs. Sharon Jeffrey Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Joslyn Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kalafut Dr. Anil Lamba and Dr. Indu Lamba Dr. Berry E. Lewis and Dr. Crystal Brown-Lewis Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. Greg Lochow George A. MahonJr. [54] Mr. Thomas Malcolm Mrs. Polly Mallinga Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Maloney Mr. Jimmy Markcom Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Marmo Mr. and Mrs. John Mortimer Motorola Foundation MPA Mothers' Club Mr. James V. Noonan and Mrs. Dana Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Ulick O'Sullivan

Annual Giving

Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr.

and Mrs. jose Ortiz and Mrs. jesse Outlaw and Mrs. Nathu Patel Richard B. Patrick and Dr. Nanette James-Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Michael j. Ruff Mr. William D. Rundle [47] Mr. Angelo Shabazz and Dr. Constance D. Shabazz Dr. and Mrs. Mahendra Shah Dr. and Mrs. Samir K. Shah Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shrader Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Smith Dr. and Mrs. James A. Sylora The Prudential Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tokar Mr. and Mrs. john Toomey Mr. Ricardo M. Tostado and Mrs. jacqueline V. Cibis Dr. jeff [70] and Mrs. Lisa Unger Mr. and Mrs. jerome Wade Mr. and Mrs. Martin Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Amero K. Ware Mr. and Mrs. William Watson Mr. George Wiegel, III [77J Mr. and Mrs. George R. Yaksic

Contributor - (up to $99.00) Mrs. Margaret Allison Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Gagnon Mr. james T. Goss [54) Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gulino Mr. and Mrs. Loren B. jackson Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Mr. and Mrs. Wes E. Sanders Mrs. Mary Saunoris Mr. and Mrs. William Seifert Target Ms. jean Waterman Rev. and Mrs. Dayton Williams

Gifts in Kind Dr. and Mrs. Ismail Abbasi Mrs. Alice Coller Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Costin Ms. Carol Coulas Crystal Tip Ice Systems Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dryjanski E.C. Rizzi & Assoc.

Mr. Steven and Mrs. Sara (71) Grassi Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kritzberg Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kuhn Mr. and Mrs. Baudilio Lopez Mr. Thomas Malcolm Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Mueller Mr. Robert E. Nolan and Mrs. Daryce Hoff-Nolan Robinette Demolition Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69) and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Watkins, Sr. Dr. Philip Yap and Dr. Roberta Yap Mr. james S. Zegel and Dr. Doris B. Zegel

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Salute to Excellence Gold Society - ($2,500.00 +) Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baldi Dr. and Mrs. Richard Green Dr. Anil Lamba and Dr. Indu Lamba Mr. Asif A. Sayeed and Dr. Shaheen A. Sayeed Silver Society - ($1,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Blake Lamb Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. James Coulas, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Danielewicz Dr. Michael Davenport and Mrs. Loretta Hopkins-Davenport Mr. and Mrs. William T. Faber Mr. Michael J. Flannery and Ms. Susan M. Larson Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele Dr. and Mrs. Antoun Koht Dr. and Mrs. George Mesleh Midwest Foot Care, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Richard O. Nichols Mr. James V. Noonan and Mrs. Dana Levinson Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O'Neill Old Kent Bank Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Pruim, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James G. Richmond Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Story Mr. and Mrs. Richard Szkarlat Tandberg, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Marc Wells Ms. Linda Wolgamott Bronze Society - ($500.00 +) Dr. and Mrs. Anil Agarwal Mrs. Brenda Asaju Mr. and Mrs. David K. Barclay Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. James c. Bremer and Ms. Margaret O'Brien-Bremer Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Bunn Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Callinan Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Catania Mr. and Mrs. William H. Collins Dr. Bruce C. Corwin and Ms. Erika Riffert Dr. and Mrs. George Dangles Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dryjanski Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott Mr. Grant Everett and Ms. Martha Pacelli

Forms, Etc. by Marty Walsh Founders Bank Mount Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Fruchter Goss Technical Services Mr. Dennis Hansen and Mrs. Janet Katschke-Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. Hasty Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Heilman Mr. David Hibbs and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. David A. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Lis Dr. John Lumpkin and Dr. Mary Blanks Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Maloney Marina Cartage, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Marmo Mat Leasing, Inc. Midwest Anesthesiologists, Ltd. Dr. Edilberto Nepomuceno and Dr. Arsenia Nepomuceno PrintSource Plus, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser Dr. and Mrs. Antanas G. Razma Dr. Vytas Bindokas and Ms. Jean Rush [74] Mr. Ralph E. [81] and Mrs. Annette Steinbarth Mr. and Mrs. Michael Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Kannan Sundar Tinley Park Frozen Foods Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Vasquez Mr. and Ms. Robert Zaniolo

Galla Club - ($100.00 +) Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Bernard Abraham Mrs. Bettina Adeboyejo Mr. and Mrs. Samson A. Adeleke Dr. Jafar AI-Sadir Alderman Ginger Rugai Youth Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich Mrs. Margaret Allison Mrs. Harriet Arnold Dr. Subash Arora and Dr. Anita Arora Ms. Consuelo Arteaga Aurelio's Pizza Franchise, Ltd. Dr. Surendra B. Avula and Dr. Sunitha R. Avula Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bacon Mr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Badawi Mr. and Mrs. Mamdouh Bakhos Dr. Terrence Bartolini and Dr. Carol Braun Mr. and Mrs. Edwin G. Bechtel Bergman Trucking Company Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Bertoletti Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Better Beverly Area Planning Association Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Binder

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Mr. Melvin Bland and Mrs. Valerie jones-Bland BMW of Orland Park Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bock Books Ink Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brickler Mr. Dean Brock and Dr. Lola Lumpkins-Brock Mr. and Mrs. John Butler Ms. Christina Carso Mr. and Mrs. Javier Casimiro Mr. R. Paul Cassabon Mr. and Mrs. John Cater Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Chappell Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chappelle Chesterfield Federal Savings & Loan Association Christopher John Floral Designs Clarence Davids & Company Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Clark Dr. Benjamin Coglianese Mr. Robert Cook Mrs. Carol P. Coston [75] County Fair Mr. Walt [60] and Mrs. Nancy Craig Mr. and Mrs. Grant W. Currier Mrs. Betty Gray Dahlberg Gyanba E. Davis Ms. Veda M. Davis Dermatology & Skin Surgery Associates Designed Stairs Inc. Desmond & Ahem, P.c.

Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Raymond Desruisseaux, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Doherty Mr. James D. Doljanin [82] Mr. David Bonnan and Mrs. Jean Doyle [79] Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Drake Mr. and Mrs. StephenJ. Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. George Eck, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene C. Edwards Mr. and Mrs. John Enright Father/Daughter Dance Committee Mr. Thomas Finnegan and Mrs. Carole Klein Dr. Richard and Dr. Rita R. Foulkes Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Gagnon Gallagher & Petrak, Ltd. Mr. Russell R. Gardner Mr. and Mrs. Demetrios Gatsinos Mr. John Gavin Dr. Jayant Ginde and Dr. Sunita Ginde Mr. and Mrs. Glenn R. Gintert Mr. John R. [53] and Mrs. Jan Gislason Mr. Steven and Mrs. Sara [71] Grassi Mr. Thomas Clancy and Ms. Dana Green [67]

Salute Hair Artists for Ron Eilers, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Hall Dr. and Mrs. Mahmoud Halloway Hamilton-Bell Associates Dr. and Mrs. Michael Hannan Mr. James Hansen and Mrs. Roseann de la Paz-Hansen Hawkinson Ford Heil-Chicago, Inc. Ms. Wendy Heilman [S9] Ms. Candace Heppner Dr. and Mrs. Suleiman Hindi Mr. Douglas A. Hoekstra Dr. Kenneth W. [76] and Mrs. Maria Holmes Hopkins, Mesleh & Hopkins, S.c.

Hudson's R & R Imagetec, L.P. Impressions in Stone Interim Personnel Mr. and Mrs. Derrick Jackson Jam Associates Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson Mrs. Elaine Jones Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Joslyn Felicia Kasa Kean Brothers, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keelan Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. King Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D. Kitch Mr. Edward C. Kole Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kominiarek Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kosinski Mr. James Kowalsky and Dr. Vicki Williams Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kritzberg Mr. George G. Krivsky [56] Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Kuber Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey G. Lacina Laurel Motors Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Mr. Steven Lundin Dr. and Mrs. Gopal Madhav Mr. Thomas Malcolm Marquette National Bank Dr. and Mrs. Danilo Martinez Dr. Virendra D. Mathur and Dr. Hema Mathur Ms. Nona McCall Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McEldowney McNellis and Company Meyer Medical Group Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mikulski Mr. Mark and Mrs. Kari [SI] Misulonas Ms. Laura Morgan Morgan Park Academy Morgan Park Auto Service Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison Mortenson Roofing Company, Inc. Mount Greenwood Hardware and Supply MPA Fathers' Club MPA Mothers' Club Dr. and Mrs. George Nahra

Mr. Robert E. Nolan and Mrs. Daryce Hoff-Nolan Dr. and Mrs. Yunus Nomanbhoy Mr. John S. Novak [SO] Ms. Susan Oczkowski Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olivieri Mr. Yemisi Onayemi and Dr. Mary Onayemi Orland Park Motor Cars, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Ousley Mr. and Mrs. Ora Ousley Mr. and Mrs. Marion Overton Ms. Lynda Pariso Mr. William Parks and Mrs. Deborah Hubbard-Parks Mr. and Mrs. David L. Penrod Dr. Peter Perrotta and Dr. Sharon Kraus Dr. Audrius V. Plioplys and Dr. Sigita Plioplys Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Porter Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Powell Prudential Biros Real Estate Dr. and Mrs. Masood Qazi R.W. Collins Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Radakovich Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Rasmussen Dr. Mark Reiter and Dr. Kathleen Ward Mr. and Mrs. Carl Riggenbach Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts Mr. Michael H. Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. Gregory J. Rooks and Mrs. Patricia A. Thayer Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rose Mr. and Mrs. Michael]. Ruff Mr. and Mrs. John Rutkowski Mr. Lauri M. Salovaara [71] Mr. Dennis Schermerhorn Mr. and Mrs. Michael Schlomas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schofield Mr. John E. Schulze [42] Mr. and Mrs. William Seifert Mr. William B. [71] and Mrs. Mary Semmer Ms. Susan Shimmin Mr. and Mrs. Shuber Siding-I, Inc. - Windows-I, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sipich Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sisk Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Smith South Suburban Hospital Southwest Centers for Women's Health Mr. and Mrs. Bryan M. Spencer Standard Bank & Trust Co. State Farm Insurance Company The Investment Company The Ultimate Smile Mrs. Winnie Theodore Ms. Angenette Thomas Ms. Barbara Thomas Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Thorsen Mrs. Stella Toczek Tom Strasser Plumbing, Co.

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Mr. and Mrs. John Torrez Mr. Ricardo M. Tostado and Mrs. Jacqueline v. Cibils Dr. and Mrs. Dinker Trivedi Ms. Kruti Trivedi [96] Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis Dr. Jeff R. [70] and Mrs. Lisa Unger Dr. and Mrs. Reza Varjavand Mr. Kevin E. Waller and Mrs. Jean M. Roche Mr. and Mrs. Martin Walsh Mr. and Mrs. James Ware Ms. Jean Waterman Mr. and Mrs. Dan Webb Mr. Michael Webb [9S] Wellness Connections Wentworth Tire Service Dr. Leon J. [65] and Mrs. Kay Witkowski, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Wladyslaw Wodziak Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolgamott Mr. and Mrs. George R. Yaksic Mr. Victor laro Mr. James S. legel and Dr. Doris B. legel

Friends - (up to $99.00) COL Allen M. [47] and Mrs. Ursula Andreasen USMC(Ret.) Dr. Keith [7S] and Dr. Agnes Solon-Ashby Mr. Donald M. Badziong [42] Mr. Daniel Baltierra Mr. Stanley Balzekas, Jr. [43] Dr. Christopher [67] and Mrs. Valerie Barker Mr. Richard L. Berliner [45] Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Black COL William C. [37] and Mrs. Reva Boehm USA(Ret) Ms. Charlotte Boissonneau Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker Mr. Jerry D. [57] and Mrs. Virginia Bowden Mr. Scott Bowers Mr. J. T. Boyd [53] Mr. William P. [44] and Mrs. Patricia Braker Dr. Frank A. [52] and Mrs. Partice Burd Mr. Brian T. Bye [SO] Calumet Paint & Wallpaper, Inc. Mr. Donald C. [35] and Mrs. Hazel Carner Mr. Robert J. Cecrie [SO] Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Churchill Germaine Cius Classmate, Ltd. Closettec Mrs. Alice Coller Ms. Claire Concannon [S5] Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Concannon Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Costin LTC Russell C. Craig USAF(Ret.) [37] Mr. Charles D. [52] and Mrs. Gail Cresap

Salute Mr. Robert C. [70J and Mrs. Bonnie Crist IV Mr. Robert A. [43J and Mrs. Morag Crombie Ms. Gladys Daniels Mr. Everett Davis and Dr. Lucille Davis Dr. Steven L. [70] and Mrs. Kelly Delaveris Mr. Allen [65] and Mrs. Peggy DeNormandie Ms. Mary L. Derwinski [74] Mr. Paul]. Djikas [60] Mr. Henry E. [44] and Mrs. Alyce Doney Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Doorneweerd Mr. Richard L. Duchossois [40] Mr. C. J. [47] and Mrs. Allice Economos Mr. Ronald R. Elmore and Mrs. Janet Wiegel-Elmore [60] Mr. Jason Ervin [92] Mr. Charles F. [43] and Mrs. Betty Jane Everett Mr. and Mrs. James Ferguson Mr. Don L. [60] and Mrs. Linda Ferro Mr. Fleming W. Flott [45] Mr. Francis E. [48] and Mrs. Dolores Flynn Mr. Dawson V. Forbes [44] Forest Imports Mr. and Mrs. Tim Fowler CAPT George Froemke USA(Ret.) [42] Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gabler Mr. F. Morgan [81] and Mrs. Darlene Gasior Dr. Charles W. [42] and Mrs. Vicki Getz Mr. J. Robert [45] and Mrs. Marilyn Gilbert Dr. Rajiv Goel [87] Mr. Charles B. [66] and Mrs. Linda Goes IV Mr. Joseph Grassi [43] Mr. Robert [65] and Mrs. Karen Gunst Mr. Harry J. Hager,Jr. [48] Mr. Robert E. Hartman [54] Mr. William Hickey [71] and Mrs. Leslie Shimmin Hickey [72] Hillside Chatham Florist Mr. Michael and Mrs. Eileen [76] Hofstetter Mr. Mark Hopkins [93] Mr. Rudolph Hurwich [38] J & G Builders Mr. and Mrs. Steven James Mr. Laresh K. Jayasanker [90] Dr. Terry R. [50] and Mrs. Janet Johnson Mr. David A. [78J and Mrs. Soracco Jones, Jr. Mr. Charles A. [59] and Mrs. Karen Junkunc Mrs. Karren J. Junkunc [60] Mr. John M. [51] and Mrs. Kathleen Kahoun Mr. Michael]. Kartsounis [91J

COL Robert J. Keefer USA(Ret.) [39] Mr. William W. [43] and Mrs. Gayle Keefer Mr. and Mrs. Autone A. Kelly Dr. Mark Kelly and Dr. Kathleen Ward Mr. William T. [42] and Mrs. Anna Kettering Dr. Mohayya H. Khilfeh Ms. Sarah C. Kim [86] Dr. John I. [51J and Mrs. Betsy Kitch, Jr. Mr. Mark C. [51] and Mrs. Carole Klein Mr. Frederick W. [49J and Mrs. Arlene Koberna Mr. Arthur J. [39] and Mrs. Dolores Kralovec Ms. Tina Kusek Mr. William T. Kwan [49J Mr. and Mrs. Douglas T. Lazo Mr. Jerome S. [45] and Mrs. Elaine Levin Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore C. Lio Mr. William F. [49] and Mrs. May Liptak Mr. Greg Lochow Mr. Patrick M. [53] and Mrs. Gloria Lonergan Mr. Kenneth R. [58] and Mrs. Barbara Lee Mack Mr. Frank A. [42] and Mrs. Betty Major Mr. and Mrs. Pierre A. Mansour Mr. George R. [49] and Mrs. Helen McArdle Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McCarthy Mr. Michael D. [60] and Mrs. Brenda McClure Mr. Robert E. McGuire [48] Mr. Howard O. [64] and Mrs. Anna Jane Meyer Mr. Robert Montgomery [72] Mr. Don A. Moore [45] Mr. James c. [38J and Mrs. Nancy Moore, Jr. Mrs. Kathryn A. Moroney [71] Ms. Michelle M. Murphy [80] Mr. Kenneth H. [47J and Mrs. Ellen Nash Noral Jewelers Mr. Lawrence A. [48) and Mrs. Sheila Novak Mr. Bernard]. [47] and Mrs. Carol O'Brien Mr. Eric [80J and Mrs. Joyce Odell Palos Sports Ms. Diane Panos [78) Mr. George]. Pappas,Jr. [55) Patio Restaurant Primal Mode Inc. Mr. Nikhil R. Rangaraj [89) Mr. Edward and Mrs. Margaret [74] Rawles Remax Top Performers Mr. Dale R. [81J and Mrs. Debra Sue Richards Mr. Robert E. Rolfe [52J

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Mr. Robert [68) and Mrs. Mary Rosi Mr. Gilbert Y. Rubenstein [29) Mr. C. Gary and Mrs. Sue [69] Schiess Mr. Loren D. Sexauer [40] Mr. Robert Shetler [46] COL Gene R. [45) and Mrs. Ruth Simonson Mr. Robert Sineni [53] Mr. James E. Smith [42] Mr. William Springer [61] St. Paul Bank Corp.

Mr. John M. [61] and Mrs. Cynthia Stack Stack & Stack Development Company Mr. George L. Stemmler [44J and Rev. Guin Stemmler Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Strasser Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sullivan Summer West Restaurant Ms. Martha H. Swift [52] Mr. Arthur C. [39] and Mrs. Cory Teichner Mr. M. L. Tew [48) The Kole Foundation The Washington & Jane Smith Home Mr. Jerome A. [44) and Mrs. Lynn Thrall Mr. Thomas L. Tiernan [48) Mr.James G. [71) and Mrs. Jan Tuthill, Jr. Dr. Stanley G. [39) and Mrs. Mary Tylman Dr. Rao Uppuluri Mr. H. L. [47] and Mrs. Nancy Vehmeyer, Jr. Mr. Maurice R. [33) and Mrs. Lenore Vick Mr. Peter W. [54] and Mrs. Janet Voss Dr. Linda M. Weinfield [76J Mr. George E. [SO] and Mrs. Carolyn Wiegel, Jr. Ms. Sybil M. Wilkes [78] Mr. Pearson F. Williams Jr. [58) Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Williams Mr. Walter [47] and Mrs. Rosemarie Wozniak Mr. Warren E. [67] and Mrs. Nancy Zander

Gifts in Kind Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Aldrich ALP Enterprises, Inc. American Library Association Mrs. Brenda Asaju Mr. Eric T. Bell and Mrs. Sherry Grutzius Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Bertoletti Bess Friedheim Jewelers Beverly Costumes Inc. Beverly Woods Restaurant Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski.

Bill Cosby Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Brandt Cellars International Bravo Restaurants, Inc.

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John Gavin - grandfather of Maura, Julia, Serafina Marmo, and Hannah Maloney gets into the spirit of Hannah's pre-school classroom on grandparents day.

More and more grandparents, it seems, are discovering how much fun it is to visit their grandchildren at MPA's annual grandparents day.

Dorothy Gagnon, who visited her granddaughter Robin in Renee Morrison's kindergarten class, observed that "one of the greatest pleasures of being a grandparent is spending time with a grandchild, one-on-one. I had that pleasure when I visited Mrs. Morrison's class and spent time helping Robin with a project. It made my day! " Robin shared her grandmother's enthusiasm.

"Grandma saw my classroom and she helped me make a picture about Spring. It was fun. "

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