Academy Magazine - November 2004

Morgan Park Academy Magazine Chicago, Ill ino is 60643

November 2004

Demetrios Douros: our man at the Olympics

Morgan Park Academy Magazine e ll icago, III i no is 60643

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Demctrios Douros: ou r mnn nt the Olympics

18905: Co-education and the crime against nature ........ 1 1890s: Park Ha ll is destroyed by fire ••.....••......•••............ 7 19005/ 19405: An MPA/ MPMA Hollywood tale ................ S

19405: Bill Getz, OJ An MPMA classmate remembers Johnny" .•••....•••....•.....••.....••..•••••• ••..••..•..•.•••..•• 9 1920s: William Droegemueller, 1928 Olympic Medal Winner ........................................... 10 19405: World War II: cadets write the colonels at MPMA .................................................... 12 19605: Frederic B. (Ted) Withington, " The new Morgan Park Academy, a personal recollection " .••....... 18

19605: The first post-military championship •••......••...... 25 2000s: Barry Kritzberg, " Demetrios Douros, ou r man at the Olympics " ............................................... 26

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smiling young man on the front cove r Is Demetrios Douros

{9S I. He had much t o smile about, for he had the honor of playing for the Greek baseball t eam in the 2004 Olympics at At hens and you see him here at the opening ceremonies.

His st ory is on page 28.

An· other Olympian, William Droegemueller [241 , is featured in this issue also. The story about the 1928 sliver medallist is on page 10.

2000s: Alex Shoushtari, " I w i sh I had known " •.....•••.•••• 28 ~.

Editorial st aff:

Events & such ...•.....•....••....••....••...••.....•.....••.......•........... 30

Edi t or: Barry Kritzberg

Taps ................................................................................. 32 Alumni/ ae support ......................................................... 33 Scholarship fund established to honor the memory of Dick Ayers ................................... 34 Class notes ..................................................................... 35 Pathway brick campaig n ................................................ 41

Alumni pages: Sara Grassl Alumni assist ant: Sandy Williams Proof-readers: J. William Adams, Carol Cost on Technical consultant: Michael Wojtyla Desig n consultant: Lisa Speckhart, Captiva Designs captlvadeslgns@sbcglobal net

The M organ Park Academy Magazine is published by the office of developm ent and alumni affairs.

Annual report .................................................................. 42 Plan to attend Salute to Excellence ................................. .

Photo/ Illustration credits: All of the photographs in the November 2004 issue are f r om the MPA archives.

Letters and oth er editorial matter should be addressed to: Barry Krltzberg Editor, M organ Park Academy Magazine Morgan Park Ac ademy 2153 W. 111th Street Chicago, IL 60643 bkritzbe rg@morganparkacademy.org Alumni matters should be addressed to: Sara Grass l, alumni director Morgan Park Academy 2153 W. 111.th Street Chicago, Il 60643 sgrassJ@morganparkacade my.org

(890~ Co-education and the crime against nature Francis W. Parker, in Democracy and the Common School ( 1894), stated the rationale for co-education in very simple terms.

"Why should boys and girls be taught together from kindergarten to the university?" Parker rhetorically asked.

"Because," he responded, "they are to live together, to help each other throughout life, and must understand each other. The isolation of the sexes in school has begotten mistrust, misunderstanding, false - nay even impure - fancies. The separation of the sexes in school is a crime against nature."

Not everyone in the academic world, however, viewed the situation with the progressive eyes of Francis Parker. In the early days of the University of Chicago, for example, there were hints of future contention. The University News (January 6, 1893) quoted an article from the Chicago Herald which suggested that there might be cause for alarm in some circles.

The Chicago women, who comprised only twenty-five per cent of the enrollment, were "securing a far greater proportional part of the honors."

Co-education, for a variety of reasons, did not seem to be the "natural" thing that some hoped it would be. The University of Chicago Weekly reported (June 27 1901) that Northwestern authorities were also "becoming alarmed" at the increased attendance of women, which rose from 36 to 50 per cent in just a decade.

"The objection is not on the basis of scholarship, as the women stand quite as high as the men," the Weekly commented, "but on account of the unavoidable social distraction and the fact that a college for men is more influential than one for women, because its graduates take a larger part in the affairs of the nation." The article also stated a similar danger might soon confront the University of Chicago, where enrollment (as of July I, 1900) was 1788 men and 1708 women.

The increase in the number of women attending the University of Chicago was steady and sure, but it should be noted that the following percentages did not include those attending the College for Teachers nor those attending during the summer quarter. It can be assumed, then, that the actual number of women on the campus was even higher than the figures indicate.

92-93 24% 94-94 33% 35% 95-95 36% 96-96 97-97 37% 98-98 38% 43% 99-99

When Morgan Park Academy became a part of the University of Chicago in 1892, it followed the dictates of the charter of the university and admitted girls on an equal basis with boys.

It was not exactly a revolutionary idea, but it was not one that met with universal acceptance.

When Lucinda Foot passed the entrance examinations for Yale (at the age of 12) in 1783, for example, she was denied admission because she was a woman. "The feminine mind," as historian Edward Slosson explained, "was thought incapable of the serious learning and logical thought involved in the study of the ancient languages, higher mathematics, and natural sciences."

Oberlin, which opened in 1833 with twenty-nine men and fifteen women, was the first co-ed college in the world, followed by Antioch (1849), Lawrence (1849), and Cornell [Iowa] (1857). Many state universities were co-ed from the start, with Iowa (1856), Kansas (1866), and Minnesota (1868) leading the way. Most state universities were co-ed by the end of century.

When Mt. Holyoke female seminary opened in 1837, however, it took in nearly 100 students and turned away many more. There was much opposition, nonetheless, to the very idea of higher education for girls. W.S. Tyler, a Mt. Holyoke trustee, commented that the seminary was criticized as "unnatural, unphilosophical, unscriptural, unpractical and impracticable, unfeminine and anti-Christian, in short all the epithets in the dictionary that begin with 'un-' and 'in-' and 'anti-' were hurled against it and heaped upon it."

By the time the University of Chicago opened its doors in 1892, there were more women in co-ed institutions (13,058) than in women's colleges (12,300). It was clear, a decade later, that the trend toward co-education would continue, for 26,990 women were then attending co-ed schools, while only 16,744 had opted for women's colleges. By 1913, the trend was even more marked, for 55,564 women were enrolled in co-ed colleges, while only 19,142 chose the female seminaries.

Co-education seemed less popular in the east, but (according to the 1916 Report of the US Commissioner ofEducation) some 60 per cent of the 563 colleges in the nation were co-ed.

At the beginning, however, co-education at the University of Chicago (and also, therefore, at the Academy) seemed to be a reasonable way for both boys and girls to acquire higher education. An editorial in the University News (December 4, 1892) noted, for example, that "co-education at the University had solved itself without posing as a problem. It came naturally.

It seems to approve itself in the nature of things and will doubtless continue naturally without further comment."

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{890~ The presence of women on the Midway clearly did not make everyone happy. There was even a "rumor" of the formation of an anti-co-education club at the university. The University o/Chicago Weekly (July 4, 1895) called it merely a rumor, but then, oddly, named thirteen students - all male as members.

Life was by no means easy for women in the academic world. Florence Bascom, the first woman to get a PhD from Johns Hopkins (and only the second woman in the US to earn a doctorate in geology), was required to do five years of work (even though she already had her MA), while only three were required of men pursuing the same degree. Granting her the degree, it was said, "was by special permission and that doesn't mean the free admission of women." In fact, when she was allowed to attend graduate courses at Johns Hopkins in 1889, it was with the proviso that she must be behind a screen so that she would not "disrupt" the work of the men.

When Prof. Sidgwick proposed to the Cambridge faculty senate (May 21, 1897) that the university follow the lead of the University of London and accept women as degree candidates, it was greeted with horror and outrage. Sidgwick's proposal was voted down by a 3-1 margin and Charles Whibley declared that "Cambridge exists for men and for men alone." The Cambridge undergraduates riotously celebrated the victory by throwing fireworks and smashing windows.

In the small, remote world of Morgan Park Academy, however, co-education seemed to be progressing nicely.

"The ladies of the Academy very pleasantly entertained their gentlemen friends Friday evening at Morgan Hall," the University News reported (February I, 1893). When a literary society was formed at MPA in 1893, however, it was for men only. The women promptly formed their own literary society and soon there were social occasions where the two societies found it convenient to join forces. Girls were admitted to the MPA tennis association in 1896, and no one seemed to give it a second thought.

There were, to be sure, certain social advantages in a co-ed Academy. "Coasting," the University 0/ Chicago Weekly reported (February 10, 1898), "is now a favorite mode of exercise with the Academy students. Morgan Avenue Hill will no longer be used; Rinaldo Hill is now used." There was also a report of a sleighing party, sponsored by the ladies of the senior class, which continued at the home of Miss Margaret Gilman, at 23rd and Michigan. Morgan Park was "not reached again till an early hour in the morning."

While Academy students were cavorting in the usual coeducational ways, there was some ominous brow-furrowing among the trustees of the University of Chicago.

The board expressed concern about the wisdom of continuing co-education at the Academy. They did not object (officially, at least) to boys and girls having fun and learning together, but they did worry about finances, and so co-education at MPA became (at least on paper) an economic issue.

William Rainey Harper, reviewing the first decade of the Academy under the auspices of the University of Chicago in the President s Report (1902), noted that the number of boys enrolled increased each year, while the number of girls did not.

"Especially was this the case," the report continued, "in the attendance of girls who roomed in the Academy's dormitory; and since the Academy was a boarding school rather than a day school, the attendance of pupils not resident in the village was judged to be the index of its real material strength. In the Fall of 1899 the number of girls in attendance not living with relatives was twenty-six - exactly the same as it had been six years before." The one girls' dormitory, by way of illustration, was only "half full," while both boys dormitories were at capacity.

"Most parents in this part of the country," the report concluded, "were unwilling to have their daughters from 14 to 18 years of age away from home at a boarding school for both boys and girls."

This statement, made after the decision was made to abandon co-education at the Academy, sounds plausible, but "half full" seems a bit disingenuous, for Park Hall, the girls' dormitory (until it burned down in 1895), was designed to house thirty girls. Twenty-six, by most people's arithmetic, adds up to bit more than half.

The inclination to transform Morgan Park Academy into an all-boys school was perhaps in the minds of the all-male University of Chicago trustees from the outset. A board meeting (April 24, 1897) suggests, at any rate, that girls were not regarded in the same light as boys.

"After discussion [the minutes read] it was voted that dormitories at MPA be designated for occupancy by boys and girls be received only as they find quarters in private families and the dean was instructed until other arrangements can be made to aid girls in finding places in private families."

Such a policy, obviously, might discourage girls from applying, for it made going away to a boarding school that much more difficult.

Charles Thurber, the dean of MPA, offered a different picture of the enrollment at the Academy. He wrote (September 15, 1897) to Harper that the west wing of Morgan Hall was set aside for the ladies "because it was thought to be doubtful whether both buildings could be filled with young men and because there was considerable demand for accomodations for young women."

Some six weeks later Thurber wrote to Harper suggesting that a decline in enrollment could be countered by advertising.

"The great majority of people that have ever heard that there is a school at Morgan Park for boys [italics added] think it is the old Military Academy."

The issue, as Thurber saw it, was that the Academy was not drawing boarding students effectively from the western states.

There were 101 students from Illinois, but only 27 from all other states. He also noted, in his letter to Harper, that there were 42 girls and 86 boys. Of the day students, 32 (13 girls, 19

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(890~ John Dewey's co-educational University Elementary School, on the Midway campus had, that same year an average enrollment of only 95 children, ages 4-12, with expenses ($12,870.96) far out-running tuition receipts ($4,916.00). Yet, for Dewey's school, there were no complaints about "slowness of growth," but only talk of expansion and the need for an endowment.

Trustee Andrew McLeish, an executive at Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., in a typed letter (June 9, 1899) suggested that the Academy should have "two to three times the number of students now enrolled." He urged that business management of the school "should include a large and active part in the work of publicity and promotion" and, "if it is considered timely now, I would favor reconsideration of the co-educational feature with a view to changing it at the proper time: but this may be considered confidentially by the Board without that fact becoming known at the school, or elsewhere. The school needs an endowment. It is a necessity."

The "co-ed question," as it came to be called, was up for discussion again at the board meeting of December 27, 1899, but no action was taken.

One week later (January 4, 1900), lawyers Eli B. Felsenthal and Frederick A. Smith presented a written opinion that the university charter, which stated that the university was to provide "higher education to persons of both sexes on equal terms" did not apply to MPA, but if MPA were construed as coming under the "higher education" provision, then a separate academy for girls would satisfactorily meet the requirement.

What is not addressed here, however, is how separate academies for boys and girls would attract more students than a co-ed school.

A second legal opinion was sought, and John Wilson, of Wilson, Moore & McIlvane, wrote to E.B. Felsenthal (February 22, 1900) that the first clause of the University of Chicago charter, article 2, stated that the university would offer "higher education to persons of both sexes on equal terms."

This clause did not, Wilson continued, "require the university to furnish opportunity for education to persons of both sexes on equal terms in each and every academy, college or other institution of learning under the control of the university.

Such a construction of the clause in question would, in my opinion, be unnatural, unreasonable and wholly untenable and it is clear that the university has the power to limit the educational facility of Morgan Park Academy to one sex only."

T. W. Goodspeed, the board secretary, wrote (February 25, 1900) to President Harper that it had been reported to the committee on the Academy that there was no legal obstacle to "boys only" at MPA. The committee recommended to the board that all-boys at MPA begin on July 1, 1900. "I am requested to say," he added, "that the committee was divided upon the question, the casting vote of the chairman making it three to two."

boys) were from Morgan Park and 11 (7 boys, 4 girls) from Chicago. Ifhe felt that having twenty-five girls in the dormitory was a problem, he did not say so.

The next Spring, in 1898, the trustees' committee on the Academy recommended that MPA be "exclusively for boys.

After a full discussion, and wide divergence of views, the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, that a dormitory and gymnasium for girls are a necessity of the situation at MPA and that unless these can be provided it will not be best to endeavor to continue co-education at the Academy."

Trustees were asked for their opinions, but they were not recorded. The oddly-worded resolution suggests that the issue was not the number of girls in attendance, but whether it would be worthwhile spending money for facilities for girls.

By May of 1898, however, it was decided to allocate $1000 to renovate Morgan Hall, converting it into a dormitory and gymnasium, exclusively for the use of girls.

Despite this positive step on behalf of the girls, it did not signal a full endorsement of co-education. The President s Report, 1898-1899 worried that "the growth of the Academy at Morgan Park has not been satisfactory." It was acknowledged that there might be many causes - the increase of public high schools, new preparatory schools, higher costs at MPA, and that co-education at an academy and a high school were entirely different, for at the high school virtually all live at home. It was suggested, however, that "the real occasion for the slowness of growth" is [that] the co-educational policy is not the correct one."

Academy dean Wayland Chase (who succeeded Thurber) stated, in the same report, that 110 boys and 68 girls attended MPA in 1898-99, but the figure was distorted by a large summer school enrollment of girls and that, ordinarily, boys outnumbered girls by 2-1.

Here are the figures from Chase's report: Attendance by quarter: spring winter Year summer autumn Boyslltirls/total Bovs/l!irls/total Bovsll!irlsltotal Bovs/l!irls/total 72 27 99 71 21 92 56 17 73 92-93 65 40 105 93-94 50 20 70 78 30 108 74 31 105 67 35 102 95 47 142 92 48 140 83 45 128 94-95 63 27 90 95-96 63 39 102 125 46 171 116 44 160 105 37 142 96-97 43 24 67 106 41 147 93 41 134 84 38 122 97-98 30 27 57 85 42 127 83 42 125 74 40 114 StatIstIcs are always InstructIve, but surely they can be read in more than one way. If one considers the autumn quarter enrollment, for example, one might note, among boys, four years of steady increases, followed by two years of alarming decline (125 to 106 to 85). The enrollment of girls in the autumn quarter, on the other hand, showed variation, to be sure, but no alarming decline.

The attrition rates (comparing autumn quarter enrollments to spring), furthermore, show, in every year but the first, a greater decline among boys than girls. The girls, in short, looked like a better bet for staying the course than did the boys.

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(B90:jThe UC trustees, at a March 6, 1900 special meeting, "by a practically unanimous vote," made MPA all boys after July 1, 1900. "The question after all is an economic one and must be settled from an economic point of view," the University Record (April 6, 1900) noted. It did not mean, however, that the university considered co-education impracticable and undesirable. "The university could not afford to devote one of its halls to a use for which there seemed to be no call, when the particular hall was needed for another use."

The board adopted a resolution (March 20, 1900) to make MPA an all-boys school and an additional $800 was appropriated for advertising the Academy as an all-boys institution. The amount allocated for advertising for the co-ed MPA had been in the range of $1 00 to $125 per year.

The University of Chicago Record (June 28, 1901) was quick to pronounce the "boys only" policy a success. "The belief, entertained by advocates of this change, that a growth in numbers would result, has been justified," the Record stated, "since the number of boys this year in our halls has considerably exceeded the number of both boys and girls there last year.

There have been occasionally heard from the boys expression of regret over the change, but the opinion of the majority is unquestionably one of approval, since beyond any doubt the average boy prefers to attend a boarding school for boys only.

To deduce conclusions or make comparisons relative to the amount and quality of work done by boys before and after the change would be premature. It is interesting, however, to notice that last year of the 118 boys in attendance, six attained scholarship rank, this year of 133, seventeen were successful, the requirements for this work remaining the same."

Perhaps more boys, without girls to "distract" them, did attain scholarship rank, but the enthusiastic "growth in numbers" is perhaps a little misleading. The very same publication had reported that winter enrollment at MPA was 137 and 133 in the Spring does not seem to be more than 137 in the Winter.

Meanwhile, University High School (an upward extension, grade-by-grade of Dewey's school) got under way as a co-ed school, but MPA was described as "resembl[ing] more a traditional boys' boarding school such as Tom Brown at Rugby makes familiar to us."

"A School for Boys Only" is the heading on page nine of the 1902 Calendar ofthe Academy. It explains that the school was co-ed, 1892-1900, but "the number of girls in the dormitories increased but very little, while the gain in attendance of boys was satisfactory, the attendance of boys had nearly reached the capacity of the two boys' halls, further enlargement in numbers could be obtained only through adding to the boys' dormitories or by increasing the attendance of girls. Considerable increase of girls was not probable. Therefore, after careful investigation, full discussion, and long deliberation, the trustees decided that after July 1, 1900, the Academy should be for boys only."

It sounded very reasonable, but the girls of MPA didn't see

it that way. In 1897, when a change in the co-education policy seemed imminent, a committee of girls - H. Louise Darby, Edith Coffin Bellamy, Margaret Selby Gilman, Jessie Francis Wheeler - was empowered by the girls to draw up this statement and send it to Harper and the university trustees.

Their petition is worth quoting in full, for it gives a very different picture: In view of your recent action that you will provide no boarding arrangements for the girls of Morgan Park Academy next year, the entire body of girls of this Academy beg to submit the following statement: We are apprehensive that this act may mean the gradual elimination of girls from the school, because there are exceedingly few parents who could be persuaded to permit their daughters to attend a coeducational academy except under the care of the institution in the home life of a dormitory, since few of us are old enough to take care of ourselves, the average of the girls who enter this academy being fifteen years. With the dormitory girls gone, the number of girls will be very small, leaving in many classes but one or two among a great number of boys, and this would soon lead to their withdrawal. We understand that you may perhaps build a dormitory for its girls within a year or two. If that be true, the clientele which we have generally built up in the face of so many difficulties during the past five years should be most carefully conserved. There have been forty-six girls in attendance this year. We have already lost some of our number through the uncertainty connected with the houses. Some of us near the close of our courses, who entered the academy in good faith that home life protection would be afforded until the end of our preparation, feel along with our parents that it somewhat unjust to be forced to change schools, always done at a great loss. By the lapse of a year in which no boarding arrangements are made, the interests of the girls will be dealt a blow from which they will not recover for years.

We wish to call your attention to a few general reasons why no step should be taken towards the weakening of co-education in Morgan Park Academy.

For consistency in administration on the part of the University: If in our college and university you make the same demands on us as on our brothers, and expect us to take equal rank with them, why render us unable to do this by depriving us of equal opportunities for preparation? Good preparatory schools for girls are unfortunately lacking in this part of the country and it seems unjust to turn them out of the best Academy in the West. The fact that you are gradually extending the scope of the Academy to junior college work is but one more reason for

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(g90~ girls, that the untidy slate of the dormitory drove away some girl s, that the promise to build a dorm for girls latcr only made the prese nt situation more diffi cull, th at the girls found the supervised life of the dormitory afforded " home-life protection," th at the gi rl s were a positi ve innuence on sc hool life, that the village was in favor of continuing co-educa ti on, that the faculty on two occasions had voted to continue co-education arc stro ng ones, indecd . There is no record of any rcspo nse to thi s petiti on, but over Harper's signarure in th e upper left-hand co rn er o f the first page is this note: " Dear [trustee] Mr. Walker, Kindl y read this co mmuni cation and re turn."

When the decision to di scontinue co-educati on at Morgan Park Aca demy becam c known, there were community objections. The Morgan Park Womens' C lub, for exampl e, protested against droppin g co-edu cati on at MPA and as ked the board to reconsidcr.

The board placed the letter " on file."

A pe titi on (Ju ne 18. 1900) from Morgan Park residents as ked for a meeting w ith th e UC board about the co-cd question. Thc petition was referred to the co mmittee on th e Academy, whi ch was asked to meet w ith th e village co mmittee.

Another petition came fro m Morga n Park residents a week later. It asked that : I . daught ers o f residents be admitted as day pupils 2. allow girl s already enrolled to fini sh 3. gi rl s in home of mi ssionaries' children be admitted as day pupil s

consistency in thi s matter.

For the sa ke of th e Academy itself: The genera l to ne of Morga n Park Academy is fa r above th at or the ave rage boys' school, and thi s is du e to th e innuencc of th e g irl s in th e sc hool life. The mission of th e girls in the dormitori es is to fOfm the cente r o f social life, as

well as to stimulate sc holarship in the classroom.

Ifpu blic opinion has an y weight in thi s question, it ca n be truthfully stated that the citi zens of the village of Morgan Park are heartily o pposed to any measure

that tends toward the eliminating the girls from the Academy, not only fo r the sake of th e ir daught ers but for th e sake of th e tone of the village. 0 stronger argume nt for co-ed ucation in preparatory sc hool s could be prese nt ed than th e facl that our fa culty, brought together five years ago, mos tly from boys' schools and prejudiced against co-edu cation in preparatory instituti ons, afte r three years experi ence voted un anim ously on December 18, 1895 that g irls be retained, and a few weeks ago on March 2, 1897, reite rated th at vote.

We have so ught long and earn est ly for reasons for the recent acti on, but th e only one a ll ege(~ so far as we ca n find, is that we do not pay OUf exp cnses. [so me statist ics are here omitted] Ex pe nses pe r month $56.50 Room re nt al per month 53.33 Est imated deficit per month 3. 17 To offset $28.53. th e deficit for aile year. the young women of th e cottage pay into the uni ve rsity $900 tuition w ithout ex tra expenses for instruction.

Would it be economy to lose $900 in orde r to save S28.53? It wi ll be urged that thi s is not th e true stat e o f affairs, but only an estimate on the cond it ion that the cottage be ful l. We acknowledge that th e cottages have not been full all of thi s year, but please note. A wee k before sc hool opened in October. the cott ages prese nted anythin g but an attractive appearance; it was quite enough to di sco urage any girl to see the bare room s, th e shade less windows, and th e fl oors covered with rubbi sh. Owing to the de lay in app ropriation, th e houses we re not completely furni shed unt il a week or more after sc hool ope ned.

We understand fully that yo u do not intend to remove the gi rl s from the Academy bu t later to build a dormitory for them. But what we ask is thi s: that to bridge over thi s se ri ous ga p, one or two cottages may again be provided for the girls, and that they be ready for inspect ion early in th e summer, so th at parents may be enco uraged to send thei r daught ers he re. It is our honest conviction th at the cottages wi ll then be fi lled and pay expenses.

The points made in this doc ument - that the un certainty ort he future of co-ed ucation at MPA affccted enrollm ent of

recommended that I and 3 not and that an inquiry seek to establish "costs and feas ibility of providing separate [my italics] instructi on for gi rl s who desire to fi nish at MPA." Harpe r stated that two or three of the g irls co uld move straight to the uni versity and the rest could compl ete courses at Morgan Park Hi gh School . wh ich had opened in September 1900.

The board decla red it "inex pedient to continue by any spec ial arrangement the instruct ion of girls in th e Acade my."

An cditorial. in th e Academy Neil'S (March 22. 1900). argu ed that the di scon tinu ance of co-education would put MPA " on a footing with th e very best eastern preparatory schools."

Furthenno re, the ed itorial slated, "a ll th e di ssatisfacti on, disco ntent and co mpl ai ning evinced by th e students has rcsult ed either di rec tl y or indirectly from th e sys tcm of co-

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(390~ education in use here."

The co-education question even disturbed the academic tranquility of the University of Chicago.

Freshmen boys and girls debated the merits of co-education and George Fox took the position that "boys can't study when girls are around." Florence Lane cmmtered with: "You young men have got to go through life with women, why not learn to live peacefully with them here at the university?"

The boys won the debate, but a reporter then asked, "What's to be done?"

"Ask President Harper," was the quick rejoinder.

The debate topic was a very relevant one, for the university was actually considering having separate (but, of course, equal) classes for men and for women.

Charles R. Henderson, of the department of sociology, advised Harper that he favored separation of the sexes. "The experience at Morgan is instructive," he wrote, "for junior college women are still adolescents." He did not say whether junior college men were adolescents or not.

Harper, meanwhile, continued to speak in favor of coeducation. He wrote (December 14, 1901) to Belle A. Dow, of Geneva, IL (in response to a query about co-education), that "there is no question whatever, based on the 10-year experience at the University of Chicago that it is the natural and satisfactory form for any college education. I have never been opposed to it, but I now regard it as the natural order of things."

When word that the university was considering gender segregation got beyond the confines of the Midway, there were objections from some alumni.

Mrs. W. 1. Weber (the former Pearl Hunter, UC class of 1899) wrote (September 4, 1902) to Harper, reminding him that he spoke to the graduating class of 1899 and told them "coeducation was one of the foundations of the university; one of its central elements and principles."

An undated, printed petition, circulated by the Woodlawn Womens' Club, was presented to president Harper and the trustees, protesting against segregation of men and women as "a reactionary movement in education." The Lakeview Womens' Club also protested the proposed action.

Corinne Coggeshall, who graduated from the university in 1902, wrote to trustee Ryerson, "I am convinced that this proceeding [segregation] would cause me forever to be humiliated at the action of my dear alma mater."

Olympia Brown-Willis, of Washington, DC, who sent a son and daughter to the university, complained to Harper that only "some disgraceful, dreadful scandal could justify such a step [as gender segregation]."

Marion Talbot, dean of women at the university, in urging Harper to decline a gift for the construction of separate buildings for women in the college, argued that "it would injure women's education and set back the 10 years of co-education at UC." She reminded him that the scholarly attainments of women were estimated by the faculty to be the equal of men

and added, "if the trustees could know how eager girls and women are to study as thinking beings and not as females, they would hesitate in justice to women to adopt this measure."

The University of Chicago trustees voted, 19-12 (with Harper voting with the majority), for segregation of college classes by gender. Many votes came by letter. Voting for the separation of men and women were John D. Rockefeller Jr., ET. Gates, historian 1. Franklin Jameson, physicist Albert Michelson, and theologian Galusha Anderson. Voting against was Edmund James, of the extension division.

The attempt to provide separate (but equal) classes for men and women simply did not work. It proved to be hopelessly impracticable, and was gradually (and quietly) abandoned over the next decade.

Morgan Park Academy [later, Morgan Park Military Academy] remained an all-boys institution (except for summer school and, later, the junior college) until demilitarization in 1959.

Such is the story, as far as the official explanation goes, but it seems as though the facts did not always square neatly with the inclinations of those who made the decisions.

President Harper was notorious for spending large sums of money on a variety of academic endeavors which did not always produce financial returns or balanced budgets. He seemed to operate on the principle (enunciated, later, by Thorstein Veblen, whom Harper hired to teach economics at Chicago) that universities should exist primarily for "the perpetuation and accumulation of knowledge."

The University of Chicago would not go under, surely, if a dormitory on the campus of Morgan Park Academy failed to operate each year with a full complement of girls.

Perhaps the decision to drop co-education at Morgan Park Academy and to institute a "separate-but-equal" policy for men and women at the University of Chicago had more to do with the temper of the times than it did with economics.

Some, obviously, were quite pleased with the new arrangement on the Midway. Frank Abbott, a University of Chicago professor, told Harper the segregating of boys and girls in university classes was a good thing. "One of the great improvements," he said, "lies in the fact that an instructor succeeds now in getting the attention of a class at the beginning of the hour and holding it to the end."

When the British Mosley Commission came to study American schools in 1903, one member of the committee attributed the poor performance in American schools to the "preponderance of female teachers." He also blamed women teachers for the lamentable fact that "the boy in America is not being brought up to punch another boy's head or to stand having his own punched in a healthy and proper manner."

Separate classes for men and women at the University of Chicago and an all-boys school at Morgan Park might, no doubt, have remedied that "lamentable fact."

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(890;} Park Hall, the girls' dormitory, is destroyed by an 1895 fire There was a gas explosion in Park Ha ll on February 15, 1893 that "a lmost proved disastrous," the Ulliversity News reported on February 22, 1893.

The elegant bu ilding, which had been constructed in 1873 for Sn muel Sheldon Norto n to house the Mt. Vernon English, Classical, and M il itary Academy, was being used by 1892 as a

lamp (53.50), and " fancy work" ($ 1.50).

"It is my beli ef, " Academy dean Charles Thurber wrote to University of Chicago presidcnt William Rainey Harper (Dece mber 19, 1895), "that th ese estimates [or the girls] are conservat ivc." Hc noted that Cora Baker, Edna Goss, Eva Cleve land and Clara Wolfe wcre "all most

girls' dormitory for Morgan Park Aca demy of tile University of Chicago.

Two years later, however, th e rea l

disaster occurred. Park Hall burned to the ground on December 15, 1895.

Some 5500 worth of goods, which had been rescued from the burning building by firemen and students, were also burned in ano th er fire which started olltside in the lurmoi I. The personal losses of lhe students from the fire ranged from $39 1 to 525.

An inventory or lhe losses affords a glimpse of what young lad ies brought with them to the Academy. At the top end was Agnes Butler, whose losses included: two trunk s (5 15), six winter dresses (550), 5 sum mer dresses ($20), silk "not made liP" ($40), a winter cloak (S20), a spring cape (S I 0), books (S30), jewelry (S25), bri c-a-brac ($25), opera glasses, "all pearl " ($50), even ing dresses (S50), money ($25), underwear (S25), and shoes (S6).

Gertrude Doietrich lost a total of 5343, inc luding a "va luable library" (S 150) and 16 foreign gold souve nir spoons (S40).

The Homer sisters lost $20 I, including a silk umbrella (54), two diamond breast pins (S50), an "expensive dress" ($40), books (55), skates (53.50), and a te lescope ($2.50).

Eva Clevela nd lost S 168, including S38 worth of books.

Lilian Earhart's losses were the most modest, estimated at S25. She lost a trunk (S I5), bedd ing (S5), a stud ent

fire, Thurber added, many losing everything they had in th e world.

"The losses of the servants and student s we rc relative ly grcat and the loss of the university is relat ively very linle," Thurbcr continued, and he req uested "generous treatment" of those who had suffe red.

Room s, to serve as a temporary girl s' dormitory, were rented from Dr. G. Anderson and some girls wc re hOllsed with M iss Robert son, a facu lty member.

The insurance on the Park Hall bui lding and furniture brought just S 1400.

After th e fire, William Talcott, who still owned th e land on whi ch Park Hall once stood, offered to sell it to the university. The deal was conc luded on September 8, 1896.

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Th e servant s also lost heavily in the

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{900~/ {9f-O~ An MPAjMPMA Hollywood tale It was a tale that had Hollywood written all over it.

The movie star and her mobster boyfriend are quarreling.

He becomes abusive. The 14-year-old daughter of the star, to protect her mother, stabs and kills the boy-friend with a kitchen knife. The most famous lawyer of the day, the "lawyer to the stars," is called to the scene before the police. There are headlines and speculations, but the homicide is ruled justifiable and the girl goes free.

The Hollywood star was Lana Turner. Her daughter was Cheryl Crane.

There is an Academy twist, a sub-text if you will, to this Hollywood tale.

The slain "mobster" was Johnny Stompanato, who attended Morgan Park Military Academy in 1940-41. The "lawyer to the stars" was Jerry Giesler, who attended Morgan Park Academy 1904-06.

Jerry Giesler [pronounced Geese-Ier], in his 1960 "as-toldto" autobiography, The Jerry Giesler Story, devoted only a few paragraphs to his three years at Morgan Park Academy of the University of Chicago. "The episode that sticks most in my mind about that school," he wrote, "was the great prune strike.

We decided that we were being fed too many prunes, so we refused to eat in the mess hall. Our belligerence made the front pages of the Chicago papers. I was one of those who bravely kept away from the mess hall and ate instead at lunch counters and soda fountains until the Academy gave in. My attitude during this episode will probably not surprise some of the district attorneys I have faced in California courtrooms."

Giesler was an insatiable and omnivorous reader and he was advised to leave school to "give his eyes a rest." He went to Los Angeles to live with a friend for a while, at a time when Sunset Boulevard was still unpaved, and he never finished high school and never attended college.

One could in those days, however, enroll directly into law school and this Giesler eventually did.

His desire to become a lawyer actually began much earlier, in a current events class in an Iowa elementary school. Each student had to make an oral report on a current event read about in the Chicago papers and Giesler told about a lawyer that impressed him, Clarence Darrow.

The case he reported on was Darrow's successful defense of two members of the "one big union," the International Workers of the World, who had been accused of killing Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg with dynamite.

"It was the first time I had ever heard of Darrow," Giesler explained, "but as I read about him and his handling of the case excitement mounted within me. I contracted a case of hero

worship for Clarence Darrow then from which I have never recovered."

"His victory," he added, " filled me with a desire to study criminal law. The battling and the tension which Mr. Darrow faced appealed to me. They still do. I've been asked what I admired about Mr. Darrow most, his tactics, his strategy, or his courage. I couldn't slice it that thin. I admired the whole man."

Later, when Clarence Darrow was in Los Angeles to defend the McNamara brothers, who were charged with killing a number of people by dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building in a bitter, often brutal, labor management dispute, Giesler had the honor of helping to defend his own hero.

Darrow had been accused of attempting to bribe two of the jurors in the case and Giesler, who acknowledged that although he was one of the attorneys of record, the credit for the acquittal belonged to Darrow himself, whose final argument brought many in the court room to tears. Giesler must have had some impact on Darrow, however, for he later invited Giesler to join his Chicago firm. Giesler declined, but he was certainly aware of the honor implied by such an offer.

Most of Giesler's book, however, is devoted to the cases that earned him the reputation as "lawyer to the stars." He represented actresses in a number of celebrity divorces, including Zsa Zsa Gabor from George Sanders, Shelley Winters from Vittorio Gassman, and Marilyn Monroe from Joe DiMaggio.

He successfully defended other Hollywood luminaries, including Charlie Chaplin (Mann Act [a law introduced in 1910, which made it a crime to transport a woman across state lines for sexual purposes, but often called the "Blackmail Act"]), Errol Flynn (rape), Robert Mitchum (marijuana), and Busby Berkeley (second degree murder, with an automobile).

Giesler also defended Edward G. Robinson Jr., the son of the great "tough-guy" actor, who had been charged with the armed robbery of two taxi drivers after being identified as the perpetrator by both men. Each driver also stated that he had a very good look at the hold-up man's hands and each testified that he was not wearing any rings. Giesler won his case by showing that Robinson wore a ring, given him at his bar mitzvah, and that it had never been off his finger since. His case demonstrated once again, Giesler said, "the non-existence of such a thing as a positive identification."

Another of his famous clients was Lili St. Cyr, who was charged with indecent exposure after performing her strip-act at a Hollywood night club.

"When Miss St. Cyr opened at Ciro's," Giesler explained, "a few ultra-conservative matrons were on hand - goodness

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apparentl y, fro m Johnny's being excl uded from Turner's glamorous, high-profi Ie 1ife as an actress. Tu rner, on her side, thought it would not hclp her image or he r career to be seen in publ ic wi th someone who was a known associatc of gangsters.

Johnny was furious (a nd abusive once aga in) when Turner said that he, under no circumstances, wo uld be allowed to be her esco rt at the Academy Awards. It was also Turner's fear of adverse publi city that seemcd to prevent her from asking for poli ce protecti on from Stompanato.

It was after another altercati on, on Good Friday in 1958, that Cheryl Crane stabbed and killed Johnny Stompanato in her mother's bedroo m.

Lana Turner was called to testify at th e inquest, and many a Hollywood wag noted that it was a ro le she had played before.

She had in th e film based on Grace Metalious' novel, PeYfOll Place ( 1956), been th e subj ect of a co urt room interrogation about crimes committed by her daugh ter.

In the real li fe drama of th e inqucst into the death of Johnny Stompallato, Lana Turner - under the guida nce of questi ons posed by her lawye r, Jerry Giesler - recolill ted th e eve nts that led up to the stabbin g of her lover.

The ten men and two wo men on th e coroner's jury deliberatcd for less than half-an-hour and returned to report that Johnny Stompanato's death, caused by a knife-wound by Cheryl Cran e, was a j usti fiab le homic ide.

Jerry Giesler's aut obiog rap hy, publi shed three yea rs after Slompanato 's death, made no mention ofl he casco

knows why - and th ey bccame upset by Miss SI. Cyr's strip act, so upset that they complai ned about it to th e law."

Lilli St. Cyr came on th e stage full y dressed, including a large hat, and stripped down to a net bra and G-strin g before step ping into a bath-tu b. The tub was l'ransparent and illumi nated, and one could wa tch her undul ations (to thumpin g music, of co urse), in the make-believe act of bathing. When she was finishcd, a maid held a towel betwee n th e audience and her, and it was over.

A woman sheriff, and two deputies, atte nded SI. Cyr's nex t pe rformance and ag reed with th e malrons: her simulated bath was a bit too stimulating. She was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavio r.

She coul d have been convicted of only indecent exposure, however, if it co uld be proved that she had performed nude.

Giesler demonstrated, first, that th e lowel used in her act was not diaphanous. He also produced th e bra and G-string which she wo re in-a nd-oul o rlh e tub, quaintly calli ng them her "brassiere and shorts." Giesler modest ly concluded, " I th ink it is fair to say th at I succeeded in hav ing that case laughcd into acquittal."

Giesler's ex trao rdinary success in th e court-room came, he believed, from being prepared. "A lawyer," he sa id, "should know the oth er fellow 's case as well as he knows his own." He also never bullied th ose on the witness stand, for he found th at being ge ntleman ly and co urt eo us worked more to his adva ntage. He also adv ised yo un g lawyers to stay calm ira surpri se occurs in a trial. "The truth," he insisted, " is neve r harmfu l. The tr uth may overthrow th e opponent's case too."

Johnny Stompanato 's li fe after IPMA is, at best, cloudy.

I-Ie seems to have been give n to exaggerati on about his past ex ploits, but newspapers seemed to focu s more on th e "murder in the star's home" th an on the past of the vic tim. He had been, he once sa i (~ a war ve teran, and had conve rt ed to Islam to Jllarry a Turkish WOJllan. ~l hat happened to her is not know n.

He also claimed to have managed ni ght clubs in Chi na.

He did make his way to Holl ywood eve ntually and, tak ing advantage of his " Holl ywood good looks," he deve loped a rep utation as a gigolo, specializing in attracti ve, older women.

It is a matt er of record thelt he was bri elly marri ed to actress Helen Gil bert, who ack nowledged in di vorce proceedin gs th at she support ed Johnny.

Stol11panato also worked for reputed mobster Mi ckey Cohen, fi rst as a bo uncer in one of his night clubs an d then as his bodyg uard.

When Johnny $ tOl11p<:1l1ato met Lana Turner in 1957, he was using the name Jo hnny Steele. " By the time I found out his real name," she related, "we were already havi ng an affair."

Johnny fo llowed Lana to England, where she was wo rk ing on the film Another Time. Allo/her Place, and it was th ere, acco rdin g to Turn er, that he bega n be ing abusive. He was soon deported from E n g l a n(~ howeve r, fo r entering the cou ntry on a false passport (iss ued under the name John Steele).

The pattern of abuse continued, much of it stemming,

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An MP rvlA classmate remembers Johnny by

Bill Gelz [42]

When Stompanato entered M PMA in 1940 as a fres hman, he was not popular and made few if any fri cnds. I was a junior at the tim e. As boa rd ing st udcn ts, we saw each other frequcntly. As a frcshman. Johnny was subj ect to all the disciplines and harassments associate with our hazing system.

That system was relat ive ly l11ilc~ and did not invol ve any phys ical hazing. Mostly, it required th e plcbe to do chores for upper ciassmcn, walk along the sides ofthc hallways, nallcn their backs agai nst thc wa ll when an upper ciaSSIllCI1 wa lked by. shine shoes and butt ons of uppcr classOlcn, etc.

Johnny in the 194.

Stompanato appare ntly, like many Skirmisher. The boys his age, did not take to discipline or ca l>tion rea d: " No au thori ty. He was rebcllious. He came to wonder' the 14MPM A with a chip on his shoulder, yc:tr-old s go for' obviously nol there by choicc. you ."

It was probab ly this att itude that led to my confrontat ion wi th him. In front of other cadets, he challenged me to a fight. We went behind Al umni hall wit h several cadets fo llowi ng. He beat the s- out of Ille.

Ancr that incident, he befriended me, probably because I stood lip to him (and did not case his plcbe hazing). I may have been his only friend on campus. I do not believe he lastcd the futl year al Morgan Park . Military discipli ne W,IS not his piece of cake.

I often wondered th at if he had sl<lyed the course, how di Ocrelll his life probably would have been.

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r9Z0:JWilliam Droegemueller: 1928 Olympic Medal Winner Th e j o urnali sts at the 1928 O lym-

pics, held in Amsterdam, had plent y to write about.

Genera l Do uglas MacA rthur, presi dent til e Ame ri can O ly mp ic co mm ittee, had anno unced, as tho ug h he were giv ing an o rder, th at the athl etes of the Unit ed Stat es were " represe nting

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the greatest nation 0 11 earth. We did not co me here to lose g racefully. We cam e here to w in and win dec is ive ly."

And the American athletes did d utifu lly win, fo r the thi rd co nsecuti ve time, the un offic ia l nat io nal stand ings.

The headlines, however, concenrratcd

C hi cago, al so had her mo ment in the Her tra ck caree r had beg un o nly five sha n mo nth s be fore and she edged o ut two Ca nad ialls to wi n the go ld meda l in the 100 meters w ith a time of 12.2. Severe injuries in a 193 1 cras h o f a bi-plane see med to end her athl etic ca ree r, but she came back to w in a go ld medal in the 4 x 100 relay at the 1936 ga mes in Berli n.

Even correspo ndent s had th eir share of attentio n, for two foo tba ll lege nds, Wa lter Ec ke rsa ll and Knut e Rockne, we re se nding di spa tches to C I~i cago newspapers fro m Am sterda m.

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The re was ano ther C hi cagoa n who was competin g in A mste rdam: too: William Droegelllllelier [24l , the 1928 Big Te n and ' CAA po le va ult champion. He set the Olym pic record w ith a va ult of 4. 1 mete rs, bu t had to se ttl e for th e s il ver medal as tea mmate Sa bin Ca rr, of Yale, set a new Ol ympi c standard o f 4 .2 meters fo r th e go ld . Droegc mue li er had defeated Carr earli er in th e Olympic tri als.

Droege muelle r had bee n a po leva ulter at North weste rn fo r fo ur years and had also been a w ide rece iver in

foo tball. I-I e played basketball as well.

I-Ie was th at rare student-athl ete who

on other thin gs.

Th ere was controversy, of co urse.

Wo men, despite the obj ec ti o ns of

Pope Pius IX and others, we re allowed to compete in Olympic track & fie ld eve nt s fo r the firs t time. So me wcre

even shocked, for example, by the olTieial photograph of the British women's gymnasti cs team . The re we re co mplaints that th e wo men sitting in th e fro nt row, with one leg crossed ove r the Di ll er, were no t ve ry lady-like . Th ere were objectio ns, too, which suggested the pho tograph revealed a bit too mllch leg to be dece nt.

There we re a lso sto ri es about Paavo Nurmi , the g reat Finni sh di stance runner who, competin g in hi s third

Olympics, won hi s ninth gold medal.

T he America n tea m trave ll ed to Roosevelt , Amsterdam aboard the whi ch doubled as a hote l and training fac ility.

A Chicago youn gster from La ne Techni cal hi gh schoo l, Johnny

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Wcismueller (later a Hollywood star as Tarzan) wall hi s second success ive 100mete r free-sty le go ld m eda l and ancho red th e US free-sty le relay tea m to a world reco rd .

Betty Ro binso n, a l 7-year-o ld g irl fro m Ri ve rdale, a suburb sOllth o f

Dr. William Droegemueller was one of a half-dozen alumni profiled in a 19305 M PMA promotional piece, The Proof is ill the Puddillg. . 10 路

(9l0{)excelled on borh th e playing field and in the classroo m. He was Phi Beta Kappa and number one in his medical c lass.

Drocgcl11ueller gave mllch or th e credit for his track success to his Nort hwestern coach, Frank Hill. " He paced my train ing," Droegcmuellcr said, "so that I ca me up to the O lympi c trials at the peak of cond ition, both mentally and physica lly."

Some twe nty yea rs later, Drocgcl11ucller, re necting on his Olympic expe ri ence sa id, "As the years go by it has been of inc reasi ng perso nal satisfaction 10 have represented Northwestern University and to have co me th ro ugh for om world 's grea test track coach - Frank Hill - in the 1928 Olympic games. After all , it is not what the ga mes are but what th ey represe nt from the old traditions of anc ient times and the idea ls of the modern games that ac tually co unts."

The Olympic sil ver medall ist lOok up pole vaulting as a sophomore at

MPMA and, by the end of th at season, had cleared 10'6." He was over cleven feet by his seni or yea r. Eac h new height established a new MPMA standard for the pole VH ult. His steady progress continued at No rthwestern . I-Ie was up to 12 '6" as a sop homore, 13'3" (a Northwestcrn record ) HS a junior, and 13 '9" as a senior.

At the 1928 conference meet, Droege mlleller (t he Wi ldcat captain) set a confcrence and wo rld indoor dirt-floor mark of 13 fee t 2 and one-halfinches.

When the Olympic gamcs were over, there were no ticker-tape parades, speak ing tours, or endorscments for William Droegemllcllcr. It was the end of his athl etic career and he quietly and simply resumed his mcdical studies.

I-Ie was extremely modest about his athletic accomplishmcnts. His son, Glen, for exam ple, did 110t lea rn of his father's Olympic medal until he was about ten-years-old, and only then because hi s mother told him about it. " His pat ien ts would have never

known abollt his ath letic career," Glen said.

"My father," Glen adde(~ "exempli fied the O lympic spirit for that generation. He part icipated because he loved his co unt ry and was qualified to represent it. He didn 't do it for money."

Dr. Droegemueller latcr was an opthamologisl, with offices in Evanston and Winnetka, lIntil World War II (where he se rved as a major in the military campa igns in North Afri ca and Italy) . Afte r th e war, he moved to Greeley, Colorado for hcalth reasons and deve loped a large private practice th ere. I-Ie retired in 1973 and died in 1989.

He was posthumously inducted into the Nort hweste rn Uni ve rsity Hall of Fame in 1989.

And his Olympic medal?

It was stolen, al ong with his watch, while hc was on an emergency call when he was interning at Cook County Hospital.

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World War II: cadets write to the colonels at MPMA school. Doubtless some of the boys will give you the inside news.

I think you know that your friend, Major DeGrandpre, along with Capt. Storr and Lt. Gentleman, were called to the marines over a year ago. Major De Grandpre and Al Gentleman are on the coast, at Charleston, S.C. and Capt. Storr is in Iceland. We have had good letters from them.

Some time when you get a few minutes off, write something. I will treat it as a family letter and pass it on to your friends. We would like to hear from you.

Best wishes to you in your very great service.

Abells received a reply from Brown, January 11, 1942: A few days ago I was very pleasantly surprised to receive your very nice letter. It was very thoughtful of you to write, as it means quite a bit to receive mail from one's friends across the sea.

I'm awfully sorry the reception of your radio wasn't better, but it was quite nice of you to even try to listen. Yes, it was me you heard, as I was the first to broadcast that day.

It has been called to my attention that there was an article in the Chicago Tribune stating that I had asked for my discharge from the Royal Air Force. It also stated that we Americans are bored with the inactivity.

These statements are not true. I have not asked for any type of discharge and we are certainly not bored with inactivity, as we get our share of work, although during the winter months our business slacks down a bit due to the weather - nevertheless we are on duty every day.

I have thought continually of old MPMA ever since my graduation from that grand school. I think the happiest days of my life were spent there. I guess I gave the personnel gray hairs, but I hope they didn't mind too much. I am looking forward to visiting the old school at my earliest opportunity.

With the United States in the war now, I guess I'm not the only MPMA man who is fighting for what we all are certain is the correct way of life.

I have received two letters from lads at the school, and [ certainly appreciate them, and I will answer them at my earliest opportunity.

Too bad about the MPMA football team last year - maybe they will have better luck next year. [ hope you and the rest of the school won't mind, but I put the MPMA crest on the side of my airplane.

He was apparently a man of few words.

Lt. George Freer, an instructor at Morgan Park Military Academy in military science before he was recalled to active service during World War II, sent his picture "to all of my friends at MPMA this 1944 Yule season," and signed it, simply, "Sarge."

He was one of many of the former MPMA instructors and cadets who wrote to the colonels (Abells and Jones) - or to principal Hugh Price - from training camps and battlefields around the world during World War II. There were 875 MPMA cadets who served in World War II and the following letters offer a brief sampling of the range of things that concerned the young men who were fighting for our country.

The letters actually began before America became involved in the war.

One former cadet, John R. Brown [39], had gone to England to become a member of the Eagle Squadron of the British Royal Air Force. A note from Brown's father informed Hugh Price that his son was to be broadcasting over the BBC short wave on November 14, 1941 - three weeks before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Three days after the broadcast, Harry Abells wrote to former cadet Brown: Little did I think that when we visited at Coe College that my next communication with you would be in the form of a letter to pilot officer Brown away over in England.

Through the courtesy of your father [and] Mrs. Scott, in the office, [we were told] of your broadcast of last Friday evening and the opportunity the boys would have to listen in.

Promptly at 6: 15 I endeavored to get the short wave over our radio. About all I could secure was a touch of music and then the sound of a voice. I hoped it was my friend Jack. Possibly it was not. In any event, I was thinking about you, wishing you well, being proud of you, and pulling for you.

Capt. Gray, in his own particular manner, suggested to the boys that they might like to write to you.

The address is such a long one that it is being posted on the bulletin board.

One of the things Mrs. Abells and I had planned to do when I retired was to take a trip to England. As things stand, you will have to visit the old country for the three of us.

Everything is going remarkably well here at

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It is about eighteen inches square, and in maroon and white (on the shield) and gold and black (for the eagle and the motto). I guess it's a little sentimental, but I thought of those six MPMA lads who sacrificed their lives while carrying the Morgan Park spirit in the last war, and I thought I would do my best to carry on where they left off. So far I have been lucky enough to shoot down one bomber.

I believe I'll close here. Please give my regards to Mrs. Abells and the rest of my friends including Capt.

Gray and Mr. Casmier.

I shall write again and send a picture of the crest on my "kite," as we call them. Until then, I remain, John Brown.

Even those who didn't finish their studies at MPMA had the Academy on their minds when the war came. John Bour, for example, wrote [January 5, 1942] to ask for a recommendation for officers' candidate school: If you remember, many years back, my mother, who thought a great deal of you, wanted me to be an army man and had the confidence in you and your staff to make me such. I, however, had other ideas. I didn't graduate from your upper school so I didn't complete her wishes.

I am asking you to give me a letter of recommendation, if you so kindly will, for entry into officers' training school. Some day Colonel I would like to make you very proud of me.

Abells promptly wrote a letter of recommendation for Bour. The requests for such letters of recommendation were quite frequent, as one might imagine.

Abells war-time correspondence with former cadets was quite voluminous, but he was never too busy to write to cadets overseas.

One cadet who replied [March 13, 1942] to a letter he had received from the colonel was John Anderson [41], who was in the Royal Canadian Hussars and stationed in London: I can't tell you how much I appreciate receiving your letter. The list of boys in active service is certainly a long one. The old school is definitely doing its bit. I'm getting in touch with John Brown [in the RAF] by letter today. Already American uniforms are appearing on the streets of London. It fills me with pride to know that some day I'll have the satisfaction of welcoming some of our MPMA boys amongst them. I'm grateful for the inclusion of my star on the service flag and shall endeavor to merit the honor.

Hugh Price also helped in the extensive correspondence.

He, too, maintained a nice, friendly, almost chatty informality in his letters. Here is his response [December 30, 1942] to Pvt. Bill Drury[41]: Thank you so much for your recent post card telling us of your enlistment in the service. I know that

Mrs. Price will be very glad to hear from you too, for she has asked so many times what had become of Bill.

You may possibly run into your former teacher, Lt. Max Johnson, who is a private in the coast artillery at Camp Wallace [Texas]. There is another alumnus there, too, Major Roland Hubert [10]. If I hear of any others, I will send you word of them.

You would be amazed to know of the number of our boys in the service and the wonderful work they are doing. Over 400 are now on active duty.

Some, like Arthur 1. Buffington [23], had graduated almost two decades previously, and still kept the colonels informed of their activities. Buffington wrote [January 22, 1943] } to Abells from Keesler Field, Mississippi: Sorry I was not able to write more in the letter Ken Pringle sent you last week. As I mentioned, we were both delighted to find that the other had been associated with MPMA. Why we have landed in the air corps we cannot determine. We are both assigned to the quartermaster corps. I believe we are to be sent to school to learn English grammar and punctuation and some other things which I believe we already know or could acquire in a few days. But such is the Army.

We are both trying to figure out how to get transferred out of our present assignments. Ken has a number of connections in the Army and I have a few in the Infantry. I want to get into the Infantry because I feel I am a sure bet for a commission very shortly in that branch due to my training at MPMA and four years in the Michigan national guard.

Ken is applying for officers' candidate school immediately because he has been in for three months.

As soon as I've been in that long I'll enter my application. Ken says he will use your letter of recommendation again, with better luck this time, he hopes.

We are kept very busy from 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 at night and sometimes later than that. This first week seems like a year, but I imagine time will pass very fast. We will stay here at least three more weeks and then we will probably be transferred.

Arthur 1. Buffington provided Harry Abells with an update a short time later [February 4, 1943]: Thank you for you very nice letter. Ken Pringle has been transferred to another camp, and it looks as though his case has received proper attention and that he is headed for a commission shortly. We got to be good friends in the short time we knew each other and I think we will probably keep track of one another in the future. I found him to be a splendid chap. Because our backgrounds have been similar and there were few others with the same interests that we had, we were naturally drawn to one another.

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somewhat similar to malaria, as has most of the crew.

During the course of the year he has been made a lieutenant and, just recently, a lieutenant commander, and he is executive officer and navigator of the ship.

Abells had written to Robert Cass [October 17, 1941] after receiving the following letter (undated, and with no return address) from the ten-year-old son of Richard Cass: My father went to Morgan Park, and his name went down [on the military honor roll] in a hall at the Academy. Some day I hope I can come too. Right now dad is a lieutenant in the Navy. He is on the US.S. Jamestown. We are in Norfolk, Virginia. I am in the fifth grade. I have a brother and a sister. I am going to come to the school some day. You don't know how I feel.

Sincerely yours, Dick Cass A few days ago [Abells wrote to Robert Cass] we had a delightful, joyous letter from your nephew Dick Casso Naturally, I wished to recognize the lad's interest. I wrote to him, but now I find we haven't his address. Boy fashion, he did not think to give it to us.

Will you please forward this letter?

I wish you might be with us tomorrow. It is homecoming day for the alumni. They are playing a football game in the afternoon. We really need a spark plug or quarterback or somebody else to give the signals. We have a fine lot of young fellows on the team and, with no disparagement to individuals, because they have some good academic scholars in the group, I would say, in modern language, the football IQ is low. However, we are expecting to give an excellent account of ourselves this Saturday.

Your old friends, Col. Jones, Capt. Gray, and Hugh Price are like old wine - they get better with age.

Ruth [Abells' daughter], as you perhaps know, is married and living in New York. She is happy and well. Mrs. Abells keeps up her high spirit, but she is having a good deal of trouble with pain and lameness in her hip. She is kept more or less closely at home.

As a business man, you will be glad to learn that we have a large enrollment this year. Last Monday night the finance and budget committee presented a report to the board of trustees. It was a very encouraging statement. Best of all, the old Morgan Park spirit is high and the Academy is doing fine service.

Sometimes, of course, cadets had very good reasons for not being better correspondents. Lt. Jim Gardner [42] demonstrated that point in his [August 5, 1943] letter to Hugh Price: I'm sorry that I haven't written to you before this, but as you probably know, I've been rather busy fighting in Africa and Sicily. This war game isn't what

My purpose in writing you now is to see if you will write a letter of recommendation for me. I have learned that I do not have to wait 90 days to apply to officers' candidate school, but can proceed immediately because of my four years of service in the national guard and my two years at MPMA. I will appreciate this very much, because you can appreciate that I wish to go ahead as rapidly as possible.

My best regards to all of my good friends at Morgan Park. I feel very proud of the progress the school is making and follow it with great interest.

Robert Cass [19] was not in the service, but at home in Waterloo, Iowa. He thought, however, that Colonel Abells might like to know about the recent military experiences of his brother, Richard, who graduated from MPMA in 1926. He wrote [August 19, 1943]: It has been a long time since I have dropped you a note, but I want you to know that I am thinking of you, Colonel Jones, your families, and the school, often.

It occurred to me that you might be interested in knowing something about Dick inasmuch as he had quite an adventure during the last year or two. He was called back to the Navy as a lieutenant (jg) in January of 1941. He served as engineering officer on a private yacht which the Navy had taken over for the purpose of training men in gunnery and navigation. During the summer of 1941 the yacht made cruises with Annapolis midshipmen every two weeks. In the fall of 1941 this yacht went to a Navy yard and all the fancy private appointments were removed, the silhouette lowered, the ship moderately armed and equipped with extensive repair shops, storage tanks, etc., and was assigned as a tender for PT boats. Those are the small 70 foot launches that have been so effective in the evacuation of the Philippines. Towards the end of July 1942, Dick's ship sailed from the east coast, and while we have never heard directly from him about its itinerary, we suspicion that it went through the [Panama] Canal and ended up in the New Hebrides, where it picked up eight PT boats and moved up to service same in and around Tulagi and Guadalcanal.

An article captioned "In the Dark of the Solomon's Moon," in the August 7th issue of the Saturday Evening Post, refers to this ship as a private yacht know as the Cauldwalder and as the "ugly duckling," and except for a few tours, possibly to the New Hebrides and New Caledonia for supplies, it has been in and around Tulagi ever since the 151 of October 1942.

Dick has been expecting to come home any time but to date we have not seen him or heard anything definite. He had dengue, which is a tropical fever

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the movies make it out to be, and I'm sure it will be over soon, now that the fireworks have started in Europe.

Say hello to some of the old fellows and the instructors for me. I'd sure like to hear from them. If you see the folks, tell them that you heard from me and not to worry. I haven't much time left right now, but I'll write again, that is, if I'm still here.

Another letter (undated, but probably also 1943) was forwarded to the Academy by the parents of Lt. Charles Coursen [42], who had already been awarded a purple heart during the African campaign: Jerry [the Germans] finally got me but good at last. Prepare yourself for some bad news - I have a broken neck and some other very minor wounds. It hurts quite a bit but not too bad. I have all sorts of braces around me.

It happened like this. We were in Italy and I had my patrol up on a cliff fifty feet high. The Germans saw us and fired at us with 88mm guns. The first few shells went over our heads. Then one hit the cliff below us - must have hit a land mine -anyway it blew the cliff and us up. Nobody was killed but some are hurt pretty bad, I've been told.

Another 1943 letter, from Mrs. Charles H. Bowles to Abells, stated: It is my deep-rooted opinion that you never lose interest in any boy who was ever associated with you in the Academy -and so as the mother of William Elliott Bowles (whom you will remember), I want you to know that William has been in service from November 16, 1942 and is now overseas, having fought in North Africa and Sicily. He writes often and is wearing badges of honor. I feel it is due you to know how your boys are responding and I personally am glad to write this to you and know you will receive it in the spirit in which it is sent to you.

One note of gratitude, obviously in response to some words of encouragement, came to Abells on October 13, 1943. It was signed by "Eddie," but no last name was included: I will never forget what you wrote to me as long as I live. When I wrote that letter to you I just wanted you to know that I am going out like any other Morgan Parker and carry that spirit everywhere.

Some, like Lt. Charles C. "Willie" Getz [42], wrote [1943] in matter-of-fact terms of potentially perilous moments: I have seen a little action in completing a tour of thirty-one missions over Germany. After completing my tour, I worked for several weeks in supreme headquarters in London. I am now back in combat. I am flying P-52 Mustangs this time.

As for decorations, I have the distinguished flying cross and the air medal with a silver oak leaf cluster

(represents the award having been presented six times).

I have not run into any former cadets, but am always on the look out.

Another mother, Mrs. Rose Dornan wrote [February 1944] to Abells that her son, John, had finished basic training: His drill instructors [at MPMA], if they remember John, will be amused to know that the Army had the same difficulty making him march correctly, as they did.

Some of the correspondence, obviously, also had to deal with the reality of war: casualties. Mrs. Lyda Dempsey wrote [March 22, 1944] to thank Abells for all that had been done to memorialize her son, Robert [36], who was killed in a flight over Sicily on July 9, 1943: I just cant let another day pass without telling you that I think that the obituary you wrote is a perfect masterpiece. It is a fine tribute to our Robert. I read it over each day and always think how much he would like it. The last bit where you said he had a full life were his words to me. He tried so hard to make me understand what would happen to him and to prepare me for the time when the message would come.

Always he said that I should say over and over that he lived a short life but a full and happy one.

In a subsequent response to Mrs. Dempsey [May 20, 1944], Abells noted that another part of the reality of war - scarcity of materials - made it impossible for him to fulfill a special request she had made: [Capt. Casmier] mentioned that you would like to have a plate made similar to those we have at the base of our memorial elms. It is impossible to secure metal at this time. Ours, at present, are of wood, painted, [with] plaques made by Thomas 1. Turgeon, 9820 S. Leavitt.

As the Allies moved steadily in the direction of Berlin and Tokyo, it became apparent that MPMA cadets were even taking time for a little site-seeing along the way. Lt. M.C. Bergen wrote [July 17, 1944] to Abells, for example, about Italian tourist destinations and old friends: In Italy now, quartered temporarily on the outskirts of one of the larger cities. Have seen Capri, and Vesuvius, visited Naples.

I ran into Bill Ricker [39] down here. He is recovering from wounds in both legs. He will return to the front when well.

You will be interested to know that in my squadron, out of 17 officers, three of us are Morgan Parkers.

There is Elmer Johnson, who taught in the Academy around 1929, and Dr. Miles Winder of the Academy class of 1932. Isn't that a coincidence? We have been together now for two months. They both asked about you and Col. Jones.

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w in, at hi s age. He di ed as he had li ved, w ith hi s ch in up and no doubt w ith a smil e o n hi s li ps, for he was a good sportsman , as well as a good so ldi er. The loss is hard to tak e, ye t we who s ur vive will always remember him as a you ng man , no matter how many years pass before we, too, an swer th e ca ll that ca nn ot be evaded.

The war correspo ndence o f tile co lonels did not neglect those older so ns o f MPMA , th ose who we re pe rhaps too old for mililary se rvice. One such lette r wa s se nt [Octobe r 12, 1944] to Ell sworth Buck [10] after Abc lls Icarned thai th e New York congressman 's son was mi ss in g in acti on: Yeste rday I received a clipping from Illy daught er Ruth , who is in New York C ity, that yo ur son, Lt. Orlando 1. Buck, was mi ss ing.

It is imposs ib le to exp ress our fee lin gs through wo rd s. You and th e moth er and wife have our s incere sympathy during thi s anx io us time.

It was only last week that Lt. Ted Fahrenwald, 11 538 Longwood Drive, who was first reported mi ss ing and then killed in action and nex t a German priso ner, v is ited us at the Academy. It was a real resurrection for the m ot her. We have had several of our boys reported mi ss ing and finally found to be safe.

Our faith and humbl e prayers go w ith Lt. Orlando Buck.

One Iener, with a somewhat more cheerful tone, suggested that in the eyes of many the war might soo n be over. Nata li e E. Diemer reminded Abe ll s [March 29, 1945] that her brother, Th eodore , was a 1924 g raduate of MPMA and asked if the co lo ne l wou ld write a reco mmendati o n for her for the Marine Co rps women's rese rve. " It was not rea lly so awfully lo ng ago," she wrote, "that I used to go to your dances and date some of yo ur students."

Abe lls reco mmended her hi gh ly.

Remember me to Mrs. Abe ll s and Ruth and all my friends. It wou ld be so good to see you aga in.

Co l. Paul Franson, th e military instructor at MPMA for s ix years, wrote [July 23 1944] to Abe ll s that he had a lso been doing a little touring: I have been busy skipping arollnd and have cove red a great deal of ground. I have had a very

interesting trip to Africa (Morocco, Casablanca, and A lgiers) and Italy, north of the bridgehead in the Garigliano. (That has long been passed by our armies that are still heading north.) Glad to see that o perati o ns now cover Flo rence and Ancona. It was ve ry int eresting. I saw the great Vesuvius in all its g lo ry and ruin s of Pompe ii. It is a pleasure and inspiration to rece ive good news from the many former students and to know th at th ey are holding their own and that many exceeded my expectations. The waf news looks favorable . I hope it keeps up. This game is rather rugged in s pots. It requ ires intest inal fortitude - men that have it, me n th at look like men and smell like men , ho nest to God men.

Geo rge Do lli ver wrote [August 28, 1944] to thank Co l.

Abe lls for hi s kind and thoughtful express ion of sy mpathy after hi s so n, Jo hn [32], had been killed in action o n Sa ipun : He was a good son and a good citi ze n, and th ere are so me things we can never forget - that he offe red hi s se rvices vo lu ntarily; that , as an office r in the state troops, he cou ld have asked for preference, but he chose to enli st as a pri vate; and that, once commissioned, he had opportunity for easy serv ice in th e America n training or elsewhere, but selec ted combat service . In fact, he fair ly fought for the privilege of go ing ove rseas to fight - no t an easy " p ri vil ege" to

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(960;1The new Morgan Park Academy, a personal recollection by Frederic (Ted) B. Withington and married JoAnn Souter and we had three daughters, Sue, Sarah and Ann. After that I became upper school principal at Sidwell Friends, and remained there until I received the call from Morgan Park.

At that initial interview, in March 1958, I was told that dropping enrollment and limited financial resources had led some members of the board to seriously discuss creative, possibly radical solutions to save the school. It was decided, apparently, to copy the model of successful eastern prep schools and change Morgan Park Military Academy back to Morgan Park Academy. I never did learn all the details of what must have been heated discussions leading to what turned out to be an extremely controversial and upsetting decision. A board member had told me that if the board could not get the right person to lead in this reorganization and rebuilding, it would have to be closed. I was also told that a new board president, Arthur Horton, had promised to raise the necessary money to renovate buildings and develop a new school program.

There was understandably a strong reaction when the board of trustees announced my appointment and the decision to demilitarize the school. The turmoil went on all during the spring and summer of 1958.

A group of parents and alumni organized to fight the plan to change the school and the board was surprised by the amount of opposition. A meeting was called in April, with the publicly stated purpose of introducing me as the new headmaster.

It was standing room only in the second floor assembly room of Blake Hall and tension was heavy in the air. I felt anxious and on the spot and the audience proved to be generally hostile.

I promised that no major changes in the military program would be made for one year. (I am not proud of the fact that we soon partially broke that promise under the pressure of changing circumstances.)

The controversy boiled along during the summer and simmered into the fall when school was to start. A substantial number of families withdrew their students. The board, however, led by the president, Arthur Horton, Ray Spaeth, Gordon Gilkey, Gerry Gorman, and Al Daniels, among others, held firm. I was given strong support in my organizing and planning for the "new" Morgan Park.

In the summer of 1958 our family moved into the headmaster's house at 2203 WIll th Street. They were aware of the hostility of many in the school and community. We even got anonymous and ominous phone calls at all hours of the

Ted Withington, headmaster ofMorgan Park Academy from 1958-1966, wrote his account ofthose years at MPA in 1992.

The original document, with copies ofphotographs and newspaper clippings, is more than 40 pages. What follows is an abridged and edited version of Withington S memoir.

In mid March of 1958 I received a telephone call in Washington, D.C. where I was principal of the upper school of the Sidwell Friends School.

The person at the other end said, "I'm Ray Spaeth and I'm on the committee of the board of trustees of Morgan Park Military Academy to search for a new superintendent and we've been given your name by the Harvard placement office as a possible candidate."

I immediately said, "I'm not really interested in heading up a military school."

Ray told me the board was about to make a decision to convert Morgan Park Military Academy to a non-military school and would like me to be a candidate to head up the transition. He was persistent and I finally agreed to go to Chicago for a preliminary interview.

I was offered the job on the spot. I accepted the position a few days later and my wife, JoAnn, and I thought it a big step up professionally.

Little did I know what I was in for!

Before I continue, however, let me tell you about my background.

I grew up in the Hawaiian Islands, where my grandparents had gone at the tum of the century. My grandfather was a lawyer and my father became a congregational minister who was for a while chaplain and teacher at Kamehameha, a school for students of Hawaiian ancestry. I had a wonderful childhood on the campus of the boys' school which was run, incidentally, as a military school.

After schooling in Honolulu I attended Exeter, in New Hampshire, and then went on to Harvard. My main interests in school and college were the sciences and particularly athletics, where I was on the football team and "starred" in track.

In January 1943 I left Harvard and joined the army air corps, where I became a B-24 pilot. I flew 24 missions and was shot down twice, the first time crashing in Poland and the second time bailing out in Yugoslavia. I was awarded the air medal with clusters, the distinguished flying cross and the purple heart.

After the war, I returned to Harvard, finished up and went into teaching. In 1947 I began as a math teacher and coach (track and football) at Governor Dummer Academy, a boys boarding school in New England. In my nine years there I met

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Dutch elm disease claims another victim during the 1960s. night, threatening our sa fety. We were harassed in ot her ways , too, wi th garbage being thrown into our yard and fire crackers hurled at our house, 10 name just a few of (h e unpl easant things which were done to li S. Once the school year started, however, many of th e opponents reali zed that the board wa s not going to back down , and things began to calm dowll. Some of the di ssenting parents, neve rtheless, did co ntinue to contest the changes in th e sc hool.

A letter (December 18, 1958), signed by parents of so me cadets, and sent to indi vidual board members, stated that "(We) fee l that you may not' be getti ng the true picture the situation that ex ists at present at M.P.M.A. (You) do n't und erstand that the experiment you undertook as a calculated ri sk is turning out to be too ri s ~'Y." During the 1958-59 year, in sp ite of sporadic contin ued res istance, th e reviscd program of the school began to take hold.

Some of the stud ent leaders who had been cho se n under th e military program, perhaps urged on by the ir parcnt s, tri ed to di srupt some of the changes we installed.

One area that we addressed was haz ing. Alth ough officially prohibited, it was unofficially tol erated and we felt that haz in g wa s dri ving away so me of the more tal ented and sens itive student s.

We suspended two students for a se ri ous hazing in cident and we heard that the o lder student s were planning a food strik e th e nex t evening at dinner. They had threatened physical harm to any student who ate that night. We, w isely, chose to serve steak that night and there was not mu ch des ire for a hunger strike. That see med to be a turning point.

Opposition, intern al and ex ternal , see med to co ll apse, a lth oug h many parents and student s co ntinued to harbo r resentment for years afterward.

A llh oug h the transition co ntroversy caused th e student body to shrink in size over the first two years, the average IQ sco res of the student body rose dramati cally. It seemed that th e board 's surmi se was co rrect: a g reate r number of stTonger student s wo uld be attracted to the Academy if it were not military.

In the fall of 1959 the first girls sin ce 1900 were admined

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(960~ tha t, life in the classroom during our j uni or yea r remained muc h the same, only l11uch tougher!"

The tra nsit ion frol11 military to a solid college preparatory day school was completed by 196 1 and th e only trace of the military that remained was th e weekly visits of Sam thc barber to th e basement of Hanse n Hall.

Over the nex t several yea rs, there were significant physical changes to the campus and buildings. My first move, on arriving at MPA , was to move the headmaster's office to I-Ianse n 1-1 <111. (La te r, I learned that the offi ce I had moved into was once occupi ed by Harry Abell s.) The previous superintendent of the military sc hool had a suite of rooms 0 11 the second fl oor of Alumni Hall , but I fe lt that was too remote fro m the central acti vit ies or th e Acade my.

Blake I-Iali, und er suspicious circumstan ces (alt ho ugh arson was neve r proved) burned down in 1962 and the insurance money helped reduce our debt and allowed us to renovale other buildin gs.

East Hall was also eJosed in 1962 (and demolished in 1964) because it co uld not meet fire and safety codes. Also demolished that yea r was the un attracti ve house whi ch had once se rved as an infirmary.

During the early 60s we, like many communiti es nationwide, we re plagued by Dutch elm disease and many of the stately, venerab le Amc rican elms had to be destroyed. We plan ted new trees, but the former beauty and character of the campus cou ld not be replaced overn ight.

The board dee ide(~ for reasons of safety (traffic on III th was intensifying), to sell the Abells Field lots and confine

to the Academy (although there had bee n g irls on the ca mpus, from 1933 to 195 1, at Morgan Park Juni or College). There we re five elementary sc hool girl s th e first year: Gai l Scruggs, Vicki Hannemann [68], Kath erine Brandt, Po lly I-lort on and Camilla Cornelius [67].

There had been some informal talks with the Lorin g School for G irls abollt a possible merge r, but nothin g came of

them. In 1960, cleven girls from Loring entered MPA and they ca lled th emselves Alpha Lamba (G reek , fo r the " first eleven") .

A co-cd fi rst and second grade were also added in 1960.

The number of board ing students cont inued to shrink and was di scontinued altogether after the 1964-65 sc hool yea r.

Morgan Park Academy thus became a co-educational day schoo l, with an enro llment that matched the hi gh point of th e mi litary days.

During the 1959-1960 school year, in fact, most of the mil itary symbols were removed. The 1960 Academy yea rbook, Oasis, note(~ in retrospect, that the changes were not as dramat ic as fi rst feared.

"The big change to civilian life (sc hool blazers, white shirt and ti e) at th e start of our junior yea r was not as monumental as we had ex pected, chiefly because orthe many gradua l changes that had taken place th e previous year."

The Oasis also took note of other changes: " Blake Hall had been [closed and] turned over to th e pigeons in December [ 1959] because of new fi re laws [after the Our Lady of Angels School fire had killed many] and all of the camplls artillery had simp ly di sa ppeared over Spring vacation . [Morn ing assemblies replaced] the dawn inspections on frosty Post Walk . Other th an

Ross Beatty, who became board president in 1962.

Mrs. Thomas Cunningham (left) and Mrs. E. William Leger were the first women to serve on the boanl of trustees. T hey were elected in 1963.

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(960:} ath letic activities to south of I 12th Street.

When th e commun ity learned of thi s plan, there was an uproar, for th e deve loper was planning on construct ing a twelve slory apartment bui lding. In a compromise, the deve loper agreed to construct two story co ndo mi niums (somethi ng quit e new at th e time).

Two Acade my hOll ses, at th e edges of the campu s we re sold by the mid -60s and to the wes t, whe re the te nni s co urts had

been, a developer put up apartment buildings.

These variolls moves limited plans for futu re expansio n and I broached, wi th several board members, the possibi lity of movin g the Academy to an area ncar Palos Park . Board membe rs fe lt ve ry stro ngly, however, that th e Academy belo nged in

Beverl y-Morga n Park.

FUlld-raisi ng, almost from th e beginning, was a major part or my job and an annual g iving program was illstitued in 1960.

Ross Beatty replaced Arthur i-lorton as president or th e boa rd of trustees in 1962. Although he and I often disagreed on schoo l policy and operat ion, we worked fai rly we ll together.

Ross reall y cared about the school and devoted a great deal of time and anent ion to it.

Art hur Baer, president of the Beverly Bank, became the treasurer of the MPA board in 1960. No t only did he become, in many ways, the most influential board member and, incidentally, my favorite mentor, but he an d hi s wife Alice we re also rea lly responsible fo r convinci ng Mrs. Pillsbury to contribute the money for the art center to the Academy and the community.

The first two wo men on th e board, elected in December of 1963, lVere Dorothy Cunningham, mother of two Morgan Park Acade my boys and Mrs. Wi llard Lager, also a parent.

To show the strength of our board and to furth er publi cize the school, we put out in the 1962-63 school year a beauti ful expensive brochure with pictures by the th en renowned photogra pher Arc hie Lieberman . It listed the board of Trustees wh ich then also included, in Girls were front-and-center in

additi on to the people I have already told abo ut, Thomas Kidd oo, .Jerry Clair, John Donnell y, Ed I-10k in, Ha l Jennings, J.o. Johnson (our financial consc ience in th e early days) and Walter Snodell .

An impressive list!

Most of these people were either alumni of tile Academy or parents of current students.

A strong board oftrustees is criti cal for any sc hool to thri ve and Morgan Park had durin g my tenure tru ly outstanding board members. (The bankers on the board certainly helped since we needed healthy loans all during the first years.)

The fa th ers' club and the mothers' club, which began in the mi litary days, continued to be stro ng and positi ve influences.

Afte r th e first-year difficulties were over, JoAnn and I became personal friends with many parents and felt part of a warm and fri endly community.

The fathers' club continued to support the at hletic programs and Elean or Smalley, of th e mothers' club, orga ni zed and ran for severa l years a very successful school store in the basement of Hansen whe re th e PX (post exchange) had been moved after the ra mshack le bui ldi ng which once hOllsed it had been to rn down.

When I first came to Chicago to head Mo rgan Park , th e depa rtment of edu cation of the State of Ill inois and the North Centra l (regional) Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges were responsible for accrediting the Acade my.

In 1962-1 963, however, we were able to persuade the state th at th e Central States Associati on of Independe nt Schools was a more suitab le accrediting body fo r non-publ ic schools.

Our eva luation, in October of 1963. said "the spirit of the schoo l is relaxed, happy, friendly and yet business-like. A genera l awareness of the need for high academic standards prevai ls with much recognition of outstanding wo rk. At present time this interest is a healthy one but one to watch Katy Geo rge's 1965 E nglish class.

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1960:)In the summer of 1961, a critical problem first arose.

Under the pressure of various civil rights movements, a number of Negro children began to apply to the Academy. None was admitted, however, for the feeling was that the school was not yet secure enough to add a potential integration controversy to the still simmering pot of demilitarization.

For four years, I attempted to convince the board that it was time to accept Negro students, but they felt, rightly or wrongly, that the community was unstable enough and that the school was not strong enough to make that key move.

In 1963, I drafted a resolution for the board to approve that said, in part, that "although Morgan Park Academy has always accepted properly qualified students from all religions and almost all racial groups, including Orientals, it has not in recent years admitted Negro students. While we sincerely believe that no qualified student should be denied the opportunity of education at Morgan Park Academy - we must acknowledge the fact that current patron support is vital to the continuation and improvement of the school. We take it for granted that Morgan Park Academy will accept Negro students in the future.

But first the Academy must attain an impregnable financial basis; it must achieve a recognized position in the field of independent private secondary schools; it must have student demand of sufficient volume and quality to insure the inviolability of its educational standards."

The board, perhaps wisely, refused to approve this statement because they felt that such "advanced" thoughts of an over-eager headmaster should not be put in writing at that time.

In April of 1965, however, things started to come to a head.

To give a sense of that moment, I quote from JoAnn's letter to her relatives back East: "This has been a momentous week. Ted and three of our faculty members signed an open occupancy petition, which appeared in the paper. Our new faculty member, Stan Carmichael (a bearded, former Episcopal priest) and his wife, are strong civil rights people, go to a Negro church, etc.

They not only signed the petition, but asked all the faculty members to sign it, saying, 'I do not think your job is in jeopardy because Ted has already signed the petition'. They also asked if anyone wanted to buy tickets to a (black activist) Dick Gregory benefit and our Mississippi faculty couple were highly upset by this, and went to the trustees with it. The trustees have been irritated by Stan's pro-integration actions anyway, and this was the last straw. Another thing that upset some of them ... we have a group of students who go into the Negro area every Monday night to tutor the slum children.

These students got their parents' permission (some reluctantly) before they took part. This is a YMCA project (Ted was on the YMCA board) and many schools in the area are taking part.

However, in this neighborhood we are in, none of these things are approved of. The board has called a meeting for tomorrow night to discuss this. The president of the board (who is one of those most upset) has told Ted not to let Stan Carmichael sign his contract for next year until he hears further from them. Ted

carefully to eliminate the possibility of reaching the point at which competition for grades and scores becomes overdominant and less opportunity is afforded for sincere, intellectual pleasure learning."

The report said we must give "more attention for the programming for girls, as the female enrollment begins to balance that of the male."

In a letter to my mother, in October of 1964, I noted that the "future depends a great deal on what happens to this area racially and religiously (now more Roman Catholic each year).

Our school has about twenty per cent Catholics, ten per cent are Jewish, six per cent are Greek Orthodox and the rest various Protestant groups. No Negroes, unfortunately. We are in the middle of a very strong "white backlash" area and the feeling runs high, higher even than a year or two ago perhaps. I hope that there will be a swing back and believe it or not I think that in their hearts people know that this anti-Negro feeling is wrong. However, fears are strong here and that is not good."

About this time JoAnn and I decided to host an exchange teacher from Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia, under Marshall Tito, was considered a communist country and "communist," in those days, was a bad word. We heard that some of our parents (and perhaps even a board member or two) suspected that the Withingtons were communist sympathizers.

By the middle 1950s, Morgan Park Military Academy (because of the dwindling enrollment) had become less successful in athletics. In the fall of 1960, we were admitted, in some sports, to the Private School League of Chicago, which included North Shore Country Day School, The Latin School of Chicago, The Harvard School, The University of Chicago Laboratory School and Francis Parker. All had strong academic reputations and their acceptance of us helped publicly confirm our new status as one of the leading schools of the area.

We joined another league for basketball, playing such schools as Luther South, Luther North, Wheaton and Trinity Christian.

Girls' team sports began later and the very modest program included, at first, only field hockey and basketball. They only played two or three games and attended "play days" with girls at other schools. In the first days of co-education and even later, cheerleading was the big "athletic" activity for the girls.

Fraternities existed during the military days, much to the consternation, I have heard, of Harry Abells. Cadets were discouraged from joining organizations outside of the Academy.

The feeling was that there were more than enough legitimate organizations for students to join. When the school demilitarized, fraternities, for a time, seemed to become stronger.

The 1963 Bulletin ofInformation acknowledged the existence of fraternities and sororities, but students were not expected to wear insignia of such organizations nor were they allowed to engage in any activity on campus that would suggest such membership. Academy year books, nevertheless, often carried full-page advertisements for such organizations.

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{960:} to ld him he had already made a verba l ag reem ent, and that the contracts have been se nt out. This is the first meet ing o rth e board without Ted . Many of the board members are strong boos lers cfTed, have worked like dogs fo r Ted and th e sc hoo l, but where th e Negro question is conce rn ed, most of them feci as th e co mmunity docs. They arc death ly afraid if ' lhcy' get into thi s neighborhood it will go comple tely black , as many sur-

hcadmaste rs of independent sc hools of the central stat es. This co uld have not come at a bette r lime for us, because Ted had a chance to ta lk to many o f his friend s and reinforce his beliefs.

There are ve ry few schools of any stature that have not integra ted, and of co urse Ted IHis wa nt ed to integ rate the school for ycars, but has been told over and ove r again, 'we are not ready, we hn ve to wa it ' . Thi s he has don e, but if th e board is going to tell him he ca nn ot mcet or tal k with Negroes, or wo rk toward thc day when we ca n integ rate, then he can not be part of thi s schoo l. 'While we were at Cul ve r, we heard an address by Fathe r Hesblll'gh, the president of No tre Dame. His wo rd s seemed to address our situation prec isely. He said that when he took ovcr as president of Notre Damc, he adm itted to his predecessor, ' I don 't know anything about be ing an adm inistrator ' and Father Cava naugh replied, ' it is really qu ite simp le, you first decide what is right , and then yo u go ahead and do what is right, wililO ut counti ng the cost. '" T he issue was not resolved unti l after I had le ft the Ac ad emy. In the summ er o f 1966, the first black students were admitted to Morgan Park Academy.

ro unding neighborhoods have. And they are abso lutely agai nst any kind of integralion in any way. Ted fee ls thi s is basically a question of whether or not a faculty membe r (or th e hea dmaster) is free to purslle hi s own be lie fs and cOllvictions, or whet her he isn't. He absolutely will not fire Stan Carmi chael, whol11 he think s is one o f th e best English tcac hcrs we have eve r had . He has done a supcrb job with our dramatic club, and many of th e kids think he is grcat! Most of the faculty do nothing for civil rights, keep their mouths shut, and ncver rock th e boat, but wc fccl that all kinds of men on thc fac ulty are needed. Stan was over tonight, and offc red to resign if Ted want s him to, but Ted said hc did nOI, and Stan signed hi s co ntract, both of th em knowing what may be ahead ofthcm. Just as thi s all start cd Tcd and I left for Culvcr, Ind ia na to attend the meetings oft hc

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Bob Ca hill 's 1966 Latin class had two girls and fi ve boys. T he girls are Sa ra Dauer and Susan Shimmin. John Thompson is just to the right of Ca hill. The othc,路s ar-e unidentified.

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{960~ The first post-military championship The first post-military co nference champion ship for Morgan Park Academy ca me in fo o tba ll in 1962.

The twenty-five members orthe tcam, under head coach Mac Lewis, backfield coach Ro n Brya nt , and line coach Pat Bryan , gathe red fo r a week of two -a-day pre-season drill s a l Lake

Geneva, v..' isconsin . The week culminated in a scrimmage against a loca l

team from Williams Bay. No score was kept, but MPA piled up 700 ya rds whil e hol din g its opponent

to a negative 47.

A wee k-later, in a nOll-conference opener against North Shore Co untry Day, th e Acade my wa s so undl y defeated 4 1-6. It would be the on ly lo ss of the

season.

The next opponent, al so no nconfere nce, was Franci s Parke r. MPA, led by Kings ton Heath and Roger McGuire on offense and G us Newberg

o n de fen se, came away with a 32-1 3 W1l1.

The co nference ope ner (a lso hom cco m ing), agai nst Walther Luthe ran , was not decided ull til the fi nal seconds.

Walthe r scored o n a scree n-pa ss with abollt 20 seconds left to take a 13-12 lead.

On the f irst play after the k ick-o ff, Roger McG uire hit C huck Anderson with a tou chd own pass of more than 50 yard s, g iv in g MPA an 18-13 w in in th e clos ing second s.

Howie Meyer sco red th e o nly to uchdown in a 6-0 w in over Luther South , the pre-seaso n fa vorit e to w in th e co nference titl e .

Whea ton Academy, a team that had been in the habit of beat in g MPA by 20 or more po ints, was next o n the co nfe re nce sc hedule. Defense dom inated a game p Jayed in rain and mud and fOllr playe rs - Bruce Caley, Petc

Va nderSterre, and Gus Newberg we re res ponsibl e for 42 tack les and three fumb le recove ri es as MPA won a hard-foug ht 12-2 decision .

The tit le show-down, aga inst undefeated defending conference champs Luther North , was a 14-0 v ictory for MPA. Th e final game, again st a winl ess No rth Park team , was a 44-26 romp, with MPA scoring five limes through the air and tw ice on the ground. Heat h scored three times and Lew Kreyd ick tw ice in leading MPA to a 5-0 mark in co nference play.

Seven playe rs (A I Bruno, Warren C ri st, Dave Fry, Kingston Heath, Larry Lawrence, Roge r McGuire and Joe To rnabeli) won a ll-co nfere nce honorable mention, s ix (C hu ck Anderson, Bruce Caley [also the tea m's 1110st va luable player], Lew Kreyd ick, Howie Meyer and Gus Newberg) we re named to th e sccondteam , and Pete VanderS terre won a place as a n ai l-conference guard.

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Third rt/It': \,.,nu. )IOllturC'lI. HC:lIh. Kreydick, Eilel, ~Ionlsomcry, :\feyer, Uorok, Wognum, Ho拢kcJJe)'. M~r. Erickson. Will.

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zooo:} Demetrios Douros: our man at the Olympics by Barry Kritzberg Whe n Dcmctri os Domos [98] gradua ted from M PA he th ought it al so signaled th e end of hi s baseba ll career.

He had had a pleasa nt tim e playing base ba ll at MPA for coac hes Jo hn To rrez and Tom Drahoza l. I-Ie was three-time allconfe rence, and some of hi s hitting m arks are still high on the Illino is Hi gh Sc hool Assoc iatio n chart s. In hi s four seaso ns at MPA , DOllros drove in 101 run s and hi s .478 batting average rank s 21 st on th e a ll-time IH SA list. " Demel-ri cs and Jon Freeman [98] we re the best thi rd-basel sho rt stop co mbo I have eve r coached at M PA," Tom Drahozal said. " They were al so mode l student! athl etes."

But he was admitted to the prestigioll s guaranteed profess iona l program ad mi ssion (G PPA) at the Uni ve rs ity of Illinois at Chi cago and he did not see how he co uld purs ue the rigors of medi cal school and also mee t the time demands of co llege athl etic s.

He devoted all of hi s allen lion 10 hi s med ical studies and co mpl eted the undergraduate po rtion of hi s prog ram in three yea rs.

Th ere might be a place for the cas ual summer pick- up ga me, but baseball was, fo r the most pa rt, no mo re than a pl easant memory.

Then something unexpec ted happened.

During the summer of Douros in 2000, wh ile Demetrios was in Greece to take a course on th e archaeo logy of At hens, hi s parents ca ll ed to te ll him th at th ey had heard (v ia sa te ll ite te levision) that Greece was planning on fieldin g a baseba ll team far the 2004 O lympic s.

Base ba ll was a stran ge, fore ign ga me to mo st G reeks, so the Olym pic cO lllmittee was seeking ex peri enced players of Gree k descent to tryo ut fo r the team.

Demetrios, though born in the U.S. , had li ved in Greece, held dual citi zenship, and wa s fluent in bo th Eng lish <Ind Gree k.

He could eve n playa little baseball.

He contacted the president of the Greek baseball fede rati on an d presented him self as a candidat e and: even though he hadn ' t played in two yea rs, it somehow seemed poss ible, sin ce the number of G reeks (eve n in America) w ith base ball expe ri ence was extremely limited.

In 200 I: he was invited to play for Maro usi 2004, the perennial c hampi o ns of Gree k baseball. To do that, he wo uld have to " decompress" hi s medical studies - tak in g two years to compl ete th e work of o ne - and mi ss occasional lectures to ny to Greece to play in tournament s.

He unhes itating ly dec ided to accept the offer from Maro usi 2004, even though it did not g uarantee him a place on th e team that wou ld represent G reece at th e A th ens O lympi cs.

In fact, nothing wa s certain , and th ere were many obstac les (so me of them politica l), many ups and downs, and no guarantees of any kind.

He played o n Greek team whi ch wo n the " B poo l" European champion ship in 2002, playing at least some of eve ry game of the to urnament.

In 2003, with G reece mov in g up to the "A pool ," he played less, for mos t of the team was made up of players rec ru ited fro m American minor league uniform. team s.

He wondered about hi s chances of actually being selected for the Greek Olympi c team and did no t know until July 28 two week s be fore the ope nin g ce remon ies of the 2004 gmncs.

He lea rn ed orit first by seeing hi s nam e li sted o n th e roster of Greek team in Baseball America. The next day he rece ived the official wo rd and o n August 3 he was on hi s way to Athens. " I know that Demetri os has wo rked hard and made

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zooo:} it played its best ga me agai nst C uba, th e eve ntua l go ld medal winnc r, los ing by just o ne run , 5-4.

Dcmclri os played o nly brie ny in o ne game, but it hardly mattered. Just bei ng o l1lh at firs t G reck Olym pic bascba lltcam was ho no r enough.

Th e G reek fa ns, tho ug h the ir know ledge of baseball was sca nl , fill ed Ihe 9000-seat stadium for eve ry game and chee red li ke bleacher-bum fan at ics. It did no t ma tter that th ey cheered as lo udly fo r a po p-up as for a tripl e, for they, too, see med to se nse th ai j ust be ing there was ho no r e no ugh in deed.

Among th e fans c hee ring wildly fo r Demet ri os and Greece we re hi s parents, Jo hn and Vas iliki, and hi s sisters, Maria [94] and Nik i [95].

His parent s had always bcen somcwhat skeptica l abo ut the va lu e o f games, but thi s was special and th ey d idn 't need a scoreca rd to te ll th em th at.

sacrifices to be o n the G reek O lymp ic bascbalilcam," To m Dra hozal said. "Words ca n' t ex press how proud I am of what he

has accomplished."

It d id not seem rca l, howeve r, unt il he moved into hi s roo m at the O lym pic village w ith 450 o th er Greek at hl etes and so me 10,000 at hl etes fro m othe r cou ntri es.

He met tenni s slar Venu s Willi ams, boxe r Evallder Ho lyfield, 400-l11eler worl d reco rd ho lder Mi cha el Jo hn son, and scores of o lh ers. He sa t next to socce r g rea t M ia I-i amm o n a bus ride on another occasion.

I-Ie a lso saw two basketball ga mes - U.S. vs. Ango la and Greece vs. Lith ua ni a - a nd o ne ni ght of track & fie ld, whi ch feat ured the fi na ls of th e 200 meters and the io ng jump.

His scats we re exce ll ent fo r both .

I-I e had a pren y good seal for baseba ll , too.

The Greek lea m had a 1-6 record (defealing o nly Ita ly), bUI

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Demetrios DoUl路os (left), relaxes with his senior teammates on the 1998 MPA baseball team: Mike Rose, Jon Freeman, Allan Claybon, and Josh Sinclair.

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ZOOO:J"1 wish 1 had known" by A lex Shoushtari

I still have my MPA gym shirt

bear down on us. We wc rc sick of knowing eve ryo ne , sick of hea rin g about the MPA co mmunity, and sick of a ll the inane gossip: who liked who, who smokcd c iga rettes at Java after schoo l, who was secretl y very, very horny. MPA was n't a real high school. It wasn 't Bays ide or Capcside or anything that rese mbled the teen movies. He ll , if Peter Parker we nt to MPA, he 'd date Mary Janc by defau lt. Iron ly IVe had more girls to choose fTom, if on ly we had a footba ll tca m, if o nl y we had more variety in our classes, we 'd be havin g the rea l hi gh school expe n ence.

If talk is cheap, uif-onIys" arc damn ncar free. )f on ly we could just gctlO co ll cgc. Thi s bccamc everyone's mantra se nior year. Escape from our little bubblc.

When I crash-landed on the sho res of Lake Michigan in September 2000 to start my freshman year at Northwestern, I was exci ted to be finally at a real sc hool. 1800 people in my class? Are yo u se ri ous? I wou ldn ' t know everyo ne's fa mili a l hi story or have th e sa me s tupid sc hedu le as that o ther annoying kid. ) could drink as much alcohol as 1 w(Hlted, I could stay out late as I pleased and I co uld curse like a sa ilor. And, most exc iting of all, I'd be ab le to meet pcople from a ll around the country and share my experiences (a nd hope full y my sali va).

I met people from Cat ho li c sc hool s, from large publ ic schools wi th powerho use deba te programs, from single-sex schools to international school to schoo ls in South Dakota even smaller than MPA. The va ri cty o fb ackg rou llds aston ished me.

Time and time again, I thou ght to myse lf, " Wow, you mu st have had a lot more fUll than me in hi gh sc hoo l."

I became good friends wi th a few people who a ll we nt to large high schools w ith the stereo typica l c li ques, cheerl eade rs, A P classes, and burnouts. I heard their storics , and to my surpri se, they sounded a lot like min e. We all had funny prom stories and ta les of rej ection and losing homecom in g games and the one g irl with the hotter-t hall -thou arrogance. We a ll had spent hours in base ment s on weeke nds cursing th e c ultura l vac uum of o ur placid s uburban homes and drinking surrept itiollsly when so-and-so's parents wcre gone for the weekend.

But in a way, ) had more than they did . I had stories about my favorite teacher who knew me by name beca use I had class w ith her for four years alit! she advised me for newspaper. ) recounted how one of my teachers knew Midd le English and spem hours collecting old information about o ur military schoo l's origi ns. Best ora ll , I co uld boast about having every opportunity to get invo lved in anyth ing from \~/ YSE to wrestlin g to newspaper to the radio (I use that term loosely). My fr iends at ÂŤrea l" hi gh schoo ls ne ver fen lIy got th e chance to experience th e th ings I did because somconc uSlially beat them

from freshman year. Not ('he sol idcolored va ri ety, mind yo u; those look li ke you've been gut-shot. When J

attended Morgan Park Academy back before the turn o f th e century, th e regulation gym attire co nsisted of easy, breat hable mesh shorts and a while shi rt emblazo ned with ou r sc hool's name in block letters and so me kind of A lex Shoushtari official seal that may bc defunc t now. I have it ri ght here in front afmc. h is reminiscent orlhe AT&T globe; apart from the book they've placed in the middl e, conve ni ent ly ope ned to two pages that have a torch and a

mIcroscope.

I hat ed th at shirt in high sc hool. On ly a square attend s a 5choollhal has a logo incorporated with a microscope as part of physical education. It seemed blasphemous - separation of academics and gym was an un spoken custom at every normal high sc hool. Of cou rse, we weren' t anending a " normal" high schoo l. Our faculty-student ratio ri vals the a ile from Little House all the Prairie. We compete for state champio ns hip s in WYSE. We 're a small college-preparatory school. As the MPA brochures say, ninety- nine per cent of its stude nt s go o n to prestigious co ll eges all across the United States. So, is it any surpri se that ninety- nine per cent of its student s share mentalities that anticipate th e payoff of that stati stic?

"God, I can 't wa it to get to college." " I hear you ca n wea r your ripped pajamas to class and stuff."

"Dudc, yo u do n't even have to go to class." " Man. Coll ege."

We're soc iall y stifl ed, aren ' t we? Weekend after weekend, J'd make lo ng co mmutes to visit my fri end s and we'd do the same, stupid s uburban ritual s. Bowling. Movie. Baker's Square. \Ve'd se t up base ment ca mps and waste the hours away making inside jokes and wondering what we were mi ss ing wh ile we were stuck inside Hansc n Hall. "What do people do at rea l high schools?" \rVe all came lip with d ifferent answers. " I bet they throw lo ts of pani cs and SlUff." "They 're probably 110t as sex ually frustrated as we arc."

"Yeah, thin k abou t how many people are in th ei r c lass." " You could ask a g irl out and not worry about hearin g about it from so meo ne else in third period."

Yeah. That was the least common denominator. Alth ough yo u might deny it some times, th e size of your hi gh sc hool matters. M PA is so small that sometimes the wa ll s scemed to

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"Oh, coo l. I-Iow was itT' It was fUll , actually. I just wish I had knowJl it at the time.

out of a limited spot.

Now, every co upl e of weeks, I wa lk aroll nd Nort hwestern Uni ve rsity with pride, wearing my ye llowi ng, pit-stain ed MPA gy m shi rt. It usua ll y elic its the same types of quest ions.

"Morgan Park Acade my?"

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Did he catch-her in the rye?

Mike Weil, MPA English teacher and coach, married Kathleen Robug in Rocky Mountain National Park, June 26,2004.

The bride, a fourtb gl-ade teacher at Providence-St. Mel, worc fairly traditional wedding attire, save for her] 959 (sic!) pale blue (" for a blue occasion," the bride explaincd) Adidas Rekord sneakers (not pictured).

The g.-oom wore a propel' black suit, but his 1959 (sic!) red Adidas Rekord sneakers and his lucky argyle socks added a sporting touch to the occasion.

The umbrellas (not of ehel' bourg) were snapped into action when the rains rolled in.

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Sanjay Bhoiraj [94] horses around on his wedding day.

Other guests at Sanj ay's wedding: Rita Yeretsian [95], Rita 's guest, Nitin Bhojraj [99] and Anj ali Waikar [95].

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Guests include: Barbara Bechtel, Mike Bechtel [94], Neha, the bride, Sanj ay Bhojraj [94] the groom, and Ka nnan Arumugam [94].

.. .Meanwhi le, at the same time on another Ooor of the Hi lton, Sid Kakodkar [96] was also getting married.

Alumni Events 2005 • January:

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Friday 28, Alumlli Wille and Cheese:

Chicago

Arizona Reunion: TBA Lookingfor those Cubs vs White Sox spring training tickets in Mesa Arizona.

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From campus to ski area. Contact Alumni Office.

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Wednesday 25, Senior Breakfast: on campus

A toast to our host and hostess!

Top Row: Bud Qui st [52]. Bill Getz [43]. Harold Baex [52]. Stan Eigelberner[54].

Bob Tierney [52]. Sara White [71] r li,?I/,ol11 row: Ken Zubri ck [52]. Jack Barak [64] Linda Lints [74] Espana l Maria and Ken Zubrick [52] our gracious Los Altos hosts August 7. 2004.

David C uadros 1861. wrote that six members of class of 1986 have kept up for 18 years ...

"We have an event every year in a different city. This latest trip was to Myrtle Beach."

Leji 10 righl: Ri cardo Ugarte [86] an attorney in Switzerland; Ted Paris [86] in banking in New Jersey; Scott King [86] consultant in Atlanta; Adam LaTour [86] consu ltant in Florida; Manu Kacker [86] dentist in Los Angeles; David Cuardros [86] a consultant in Chicago.

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TAPS Anne W iegel, wife of George Wiegel, Sr. (dec.) [29], mother of George, Jr. [50], grandmother of George, III [77], Mark [79], great grandmother of Emily [05], Matthew [08], Annie [1 0], and Julie [1 4]

Robert F. Schuldt [48] Julia Anne Evans Day [49] Lloyd L. George [49] Carol Schuldt Lyons [49] Joan Herdlein Yardley [49]

Fred W . Heitmann [34] Harold F. Wood [37]

Gino Cantele [51] Arthur Gorlick [53]

Edmund Burke [41]

Robert Freed [54]

Camilla P illsbury [41]

Ira Cahoun [56]

Will iam S. Appleton [42] William M . Hutchins [42]

Patricia Jones [74]

George L. Stemmler [44]

Dr. Edward Strenk, father of James [75], Eileen Hofstetter [76], and Thomas [78]

Jerol Miessler Whitfield , wife of Robert Whitfi eld [44]

Medgar Drayton Armstrong [81]

Richard L. Berliner [45]

Dr. Kathy Kin1 [83]

Lee Skarin [45] Robert Fuka [47]

George R. Silagyi, father of Timothy [03]

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Edward Rund [61] Carol Wolk McPherson [63] William Springer [61] Peter van der Sterre [63) In Memory of ' Gilbert Rubenstein [29] John Stack [61] James Wognum [63] A. Richard Ayers [36] Donald Carner [35] Judy Kt:a~e Wick [61] ..., -Margie Nicholson [65] , I - RoberfReid [36] Dorothy Weisand Giese [64] Sara Dauer-WaIker.[66] I William Boehm [37]__ .

Allen DeNormandie [65] Nancy NainiS [66]' . $5,000 + ArthUr Teichner [39] . . Leon Witkowski [65] . Jane George'Przyborski [66] GeorgeKumis [66].

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Susan'Shimmin [66] Thomas Theodore [67] Warren Crist [63] '" William Keefer [43] David Honor [67] Stuart Huck -[6S] ,J Robert Crist [70] .~ i Asa B,acon [44]·', ' Robert Rosi [68] Stephen Kahn [6S] I Josephine CrlStIGrk '[71] Jerome Thrall [44] , , Gus KWnis [6~1', Michael Rogers [69] Thomas Tidnan [44] Donald[70] and Ann ,[72] Joan Driscoll [70] $2,500 + J. Robert Gilberti [45] Yardley Coller : Carol ~vans Foster'[71] Gene.SbD.onsonJ451 ,Paul Holzman [71l RichardShoplro-[70] Kermit Kell~ ;[73] , I Robert Bowyer [46] i Jeff Unger [70] Ellen Weiss Rissman [71] Mark Wieg~1[79] !" ' Paul Byl-onJ46] Robert Montgom~ry [72] Ma$yn Meuhler [72] Gail Scru~gs_Lauryn [69] Donald Ktegef[47l David Jones [78] ; . NancY Montgo~e:ry J;lunyon [74] I WilliamRUJldle [47] Claudia Pridjian Ni,lZarian [78] Allison ~eitzlSmith [77] I John Stewart [47] Verneta Simon [7S]:' ,: Susan viaitkus iWestcott [7S] $1,000 + H~'LincoIn Vehmeyer (47] Robyne Robinson [79] . Ron ~an, ~r. [79) Walt~ Womiak [~7) ';' Dawne Rogers Davis [SI] \ Karen, But1er-~ook [S9] C. Robert Tully [39] Harry! Hager [48) Karl Higginson Misulon,s [82]. Geral~ G~tel~ [SO] ': Hobart Van peventer [3~~ IJade Kwan ,[48] Bertram Hoddinott [S3] : i • Karen SchUlenberg Meersman [SO] Joseph Grassi [43] !Ro.,e* Mf;Guire [48] i Timothy Murnane [83].

Michelle Murphy (SO] William Kw~I(49] wDliaJri Liptak [49] William Arnold [02] Eileen Lee [S8]. .

Walter Snodell. 162] Robert Cecile (50] Mi~ael Salerno [02] Wendy Heilman: (S9] John Hom [69] :: J~es Mec~ [5P] David Lewandowski [03] RC?nald N~chison [951 Sara White Grassi [71] i . Jolpt Kitch 1[51] Sliara Harris Allen [95] William Gaps [52] Tiffany Lis Inshlaco [9~ Up to $99 $500+ , Robert Rolfe [52] Jude Abbasi [97] .1 Martha Hemott Swift [52] I ' Antal Agarwal' [98] Robert W 60lson [39] Theodore Ftiedt [45] i i i ~~Zubrick [52] Michael Webb 198] ..

Robert Whitfield [44] M. Lee T~l\f;[4S] ,: • ; : Jo~ Fehlandt [53] Ellen Concannon [99] Richard Berliner' [45]~= JanetWiege1-ElmQre [60] ~dw.ardKole [53] ! .

Shelly Agarwali (00), RQbert Shetler [46] L. Mikael Salovaara [7~]: P~trick;r.orlergan [53] , Peggy Gatsinos; [00] : Ronald Seavoy [49] Carol Patejdl'Coston [75] StanIey;Eigelbemer [54] Sheena Agarwal [06) Terry Johnson [50] GregoryDumanian [79] GeorgeiMahon [54] C~ole Lundgren Currey [53] Mary O'Toole [81] ,P.~ter Voss [54] Malcolm Duffek [53] Gift$ in Kind Michael Giglio [83]: iMark~ein [55] Jerol Hillard Hanlon [53] Claire Cotic~on [851: HarrY Klein [56] Jay Kennedy [55] In Memory of ,Ronald Aitchison [57] Robert Guilford [61] James Stokes [54] Pearson Williams [5S] Carole O'Connell [62] Donald Carner [35] Charles [59] and Karren [60] Madonna Abdishi [63] Robert Gilbert [45] Rodighier Junkunc Robin Goss [63] Barry Coleman [49] Duane Timmons [59] Martha Herriott Swift [52] I

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SCHOLARSHIP FUND ESTABLISHED To HONOR THE MEMORY OF DICKAYERS

Morgan Park Academy lost a dear friend when Dick Ayers [36] died in July 2003. Fortunately, his generous spirit continues to enrich his alma mater, as our fifth grade students travel to his family's farm each year in Bement, not far from Champaign, to learn about agriculture, nutrition, climate and technology in the fanning industry. Last May, while the students were learning about water erosion and crop rotation and climbing aboard a giant combine, the Ayers family made a tremendous gift in Dick's name. The A. Richard Ayers Scholarship Fund was established with a gift of$50,000.

Dick Ayers led a rich and fulllife. Alier earning his diploma from MPMA in 1936 and enrolling in courses at Morgan Park Junior College, he continued his education at the University of Illinois , Yale University for Army Air Forces Technical Training School and Armour Tech (now Illinois Institute of Technology). Dick was a skilled engineer and inventor, toiling farmer , loving husband and proud father of five children. Morgan Park Military Academy gave him the break that helped shape his future , he said , and was a turning point in his life. He was a high school sophomore in 1933, living just three blocks from the Academy. His family was struggling to cope with the recent death of his brother from a sudden illness. Colonel Hany Abells (superintendent at MPMA) approached him at his home one day with an offer of an education at MPMA in exchange for working in the mess hall and sharing his talents on the baseball field. He jumped at the offer and went on to achieve great success.

Dick was a captain in the Army air forces in WWII and in the air force in Korea, earning several medals and honors. He went on to raise his family and operate a I ,ODD-acre farm in Bement, growing corn and soy. He founded Central Illinois Manufacturing Company in 1957 in Bement and was the town's mayor from 1965-69. Dick remained actively involved in Academy alumni activities for many years, serving as alumni association president from 1983- 1985. He was also a member of the MPA board of trustees from 1982-1986 and was inducted into the MP A Hall of Fame in 1995.

Dick Ayers achieved much in life , but remained a humble, gracious gentleman, mindful of hi s Beverly roots. He maintained his fervent commitment to th e Academy his entire life and spoke often about his plans to "do so mething for the Academy." Last sp ring Helen Ayers , Dick's widow , fulfilled hi s promise. Mrs. Ayers noted that Dick's children "knew how much the school meant to him and wanted to honor his memory in this way." Though he entered MPMA because of his athletic talent, he believed in the value of a good education. "He wanted his family gift to provide the opportunity for others like him to find their paths to success at the Academy, " stated Mrs. Ayers.

An old adage states , "Generous people are happy people." Dick Ayers epitomized generosity and happiness during his life. The Academy was truly blessed by its relationship with him these many years. Our thanks go out to Dick and to his whole family for earning a permanent place of honor that will benefit students for years to come.

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205 Gilbert Rubenstein 1291 recalls a story in a past issue of the our ma gazine referencing the 1929 baseball team being of obvious interest to

care researc h and develo pment; publi sher of hea lth care magazine , au-

thor of fi ve books and consultant'.

Hi s awa rds include; MPMA Capta in " D" l-I ol1 or co mpany 1935 ; Fellow Ameri ca n Coll ege of Hosp ital

him, as he was in PICtured in that ..-r"'-.fF.11 photograph.

H e writes, " I wou ld like to mention that I truly enj oyed the history sections of the magazine, partic ul arly reading about Harry D. Abells, Hayden E. Jones, Jea n L. Taylor, Roy S. McIntosh, John DeGrandpre and Francis Gray, who were all at MPMA in my time. Best of

all for me, was lack Tadanier's story about hi s experience with Capt. Gray. Unfortunately for me, I had a similar introduction to him during my 'first three minutes of my first class'. My experience with him provided the story under my picture in the 1928 Skir-

misher. I cannot resist mentioning that it is 75 years ago last June ' 04, that I graduated from MPMA."

Mr. Rubenstein is an attorney in Flint, Michigan.

James H. McClure 1351 writes that after MPMA he attended Washington and Lee Un ivers ity and the University of Chicago. His work experiences included management of ten plants; engineering; serving in WWII; trade associa tion work and cllrrentl y the family real estate management office in Illinois and Florida.

When asked what he ' s been up 10 la t-e ly, he stated "stayin g a li ve.'~ W ith Jim and hi s wife Audrey' s five children, a nd a bakers dozen number of grand children, hobbies which include "growin g odds and ends of fl owers and vegetables including hundred year old grapes," in add itio n to the co mings and goings between the two states, Jim McClure and famil y still find time to attend current Academy events. He says" I've been blessed with an unusually interesting life whi ch I believe MPMA made me able to enjoy."

Donald and Hazel Carner

I dOll'1 know ahoUl the grapes Jim, blll yo/{'re a peach ! sg

Executives; Ac hievement Award from th e Long Beach Memorial Medical Center; Award of HOllor from th e Ameri can Society of Hospital Pharmacists; Gold Medal A ward n路om the American College of Hospital Adm inistrato rs and the 1995 Morga n Park Hall of Fame.

.lim and Audrey live in Northbrook, IL. and Nap les, FL.

Hi s hobb ies include auth or and publisher, and as oflate is a manage-

2005 Milestone Years

ment consultant. He married Hazel Kruse in 1940 afte r courtin g seven

305 Donald Carner 135] highlights

hi s educational and professional accomplishments. He graduated fTom the University of Chicago School of Business BA [39], MBA [48] Health and Care Management; Cha irman/ CEO of four

years and they ha ve three chi ldren, fOllr gra nd children, two great-grand children. He writes that he " rece ntl y ha s been in contact with th e on ly two other 1935 classmates, .lim McClure and Bill Hu gi ll. " Don and Haze l li ve in Sa n Rafael, Califolllia.

medi cal centers, two health care insurance corporation s; health

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1955: 50th

1960: 45th

1965: 40th

1970: 35th

1975: 30th

1980: 15th

1985: 10th

1990: /Stl,

1995: 10th

This is your reUl,ion year!

ClassNotes 405 Mary Ellen Stoeber Richards 1401 writes us that she had attended Grinne ll College and the McLean School of Dra ma when the war ca me along. She had marri ed MPMA alumnus Bill Ri chards [40], fifty plus years ago befo re his recent passing. They were blessed with 2 children, son Billlll and daughter Caroline who are both successful business people. Mary has three grandsons, the oldest just graduating from Whea ton College with honors and is go ing to the Uni versity of Virginia for post graduate work in art and architecture. The second grandso n is a sophomore at New England College and the younges t boy a strai ght 'A' student and running back on his football team. Ma ry is busy as a lay leader ill her Methodi st church, an elected town offi cia l. a fire volunteer and her fa vorite sport. golf. Mary writes, " I do hear from many from the class of 1940, a nd of course remember Bill' s team being champs in football... llIule/elltell ami ""tiel/ ... I am so proud

of my generati on and what they accomplished."

Mary resides in East Wakefi eld, Nt! .

Joseph Grassi 1431 is hav ing a ' busy retirement ' with his beautiful bride of many years, his foxy new tires, and creatin g a wake on La ke Michi gan with his boat.

Joe and Linda li ve in Chicago.

Ciao bello. and many (h anks/or your continued supporllo y01l1' alm(llJl(l (er. sg

J. Robert Gilbert 1451 writes that he was Captain of 'B ' Compan y and left early to the army air corps for pilot training. He flew with the 442nd

Troop Carri er Group in ETO dunng WW II. A fter the war he fo rm ed Empl oyer Benefi ts Inc. in Reno, NV and it's now run by hi s so ns Jo hn and Peter. Hi s home is in Lake Ta hoe and he winters in Gold Canyon, AZ. Bob, a big ',hank you '/01' sending Ihose photograp hs. 11 is my hope fa disfl'ibule Ihese l1I agll ijice11l dOClIlIlems 10 y0 1l1' c/assl1I ales and I/Ieir./cllllilies. sg Harold Koelbel 1451 received his BA from Aq uinas College in Gra nd Rapids, MI. I-Ie retired in 1984 onl y to return to his industry and currentl y is th e pu rchas ing manager for Peerl essWinsmith, Inc. in Springville, NY .

Jerome Levine 1451 tell s tiS th at he graduated fro m DePaul Uni vers it y, and is an att orney. His accomplishments include President of the Illinois Chapter of the Ameri can Academy of Matri monial Lawyers. He specializes in fam ily law and medi at ion in Skokie lL. I-Ie's marri ed 56 yea rs with two married children and fo ur grandchildren. Mr. Levine res ides in No rthbrook, IL. Ronald R. McCormick 1481 wrot e a lett er to our writer-historian and archivist, Barry Kri tzberg, reco un ting the dedi cati on address of Hansen Hall by Mr. Price. Ronald writ es, " fo r me th e military training combined with the ri go rous academic program served me well through a career in the USAF and later the aeros pace industry as a human facto rs enginee r. In 1970, I was listed in the American /II/en and Womell of Science, as a member of the LT V Li fe Science Laboratory, for my work on the Apollo prog ram. In \985 -87, I was empl oyed by Lockheed Aerospace Compa ny where I was the lead human factors engineer on the X30 aerospace plane. I taught human factors engineerin g, as an adj unct professor of aero nautical science, fo r 20 yea rs for Embry-Riddle Aeronauti cal Uni versity in Fort La uderda le FL. I recentl y retired fro m Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton where

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I was a member of the Student Psychological Co unseling Center for 30 years.

Presentl y I work with my wi fe Barbara as a photo-publicist in Boca Raton.

I' m writing all this to you because it takes a long time for th e effects of education and educators to out picture in the li ves of their students. I sometimes wonder why edu cators both er with li S when we we re young. The 1928 Hanse n Hall dedi cati on address 1110st adequately answe rs the question of why those wo nderful instru ctors I had at MPM A both ered. I shall al ways be grate ful for th e four years I spent as a student at MPM A." Ronald and Barbara reside in Pompano Beach FL. We wish Stanley Nichols 1481 and his famil y we ll as they rebuild their home which was lost in th e California wildfires. Currentl y th ey have a temporary address in Redl ands, California.

Jack Wittgren 1491 is back in totlch and happily li ving in Me nominee, Michi gan .

Attention Alumni/ae Mentoring Program Are you looking to make a difference in the lives of MPA students and

recent graduates?

Why not consider mentoring.

If you are interested in an emerging volunteer program contact: Joe Morrow [97) via sgrassi@morganparkacademy.org Tbankyou!

ClassNotes 60s Judii York and Karren Junkunc 160J with that te n other Loring c lass mates are planning the ir 45th Lorin g rcunion in 2005 in Chi cago.

Edward Rund 1611, sent in a photograph with a note attached that sa id, "follo win g our 40th reuni on in June 200 I, a numbe r of our classmates who li ve in the area decided to form a group including spouses which we call th e 'Alumnuts' . We

70s Susan \Vaitlms 1781 Wescott sends in a pi cture of twe nt y month old Serena!

Tisa Morris 1791, a fo rm er L-~~~~--.J a ss i s t a nt state 's attorn ey and prosecutor since 199 1, was recently appointed poli ce supe rintendent for the Chi cago Poli ce Deparlment' s Offi ce of Professional Stand ards.

80s Alicia Martinez-SJlencer 1801 mo ved from Te mpe, AZ to Powell, 0 1-1.

get together for an outing plus lunch or dinner about every th ree or four months. Usua ll y we eat out, but on occasion are hosted by one of the coupl es in their home. ft provides an opportuni ty fo r good fri endshi p, entertainment, and enhancing our stori es o f the good old days at MP A. We are always atte mpting to enlarge the 'Alumnuts' by inviting other 196 1 classmates in th e area to join us."

Ed li ves in G lenview, fL.

To the 'A lzmlllllts ': the Academy is pleased to hear 0/ slich comradeship. We wan l to hear ala hundred such g ath erings . sg

Jill Susan Lodi 164J Gilstrap writes to say that her husband has retired fTom his law practi ce and they have moved to Center Island in the San Juan Islands.

Tina Maten路a 1851 writes " after completin g my residency at New Yo rk Uni versit y, I returned to Chi cago to do a fe ll owship in Child Psychiatry at the Uni versity o f Chi cago. In 1999, 1 marri ed a class mat e from medi cal sc hoo l. We have two bea utiful children and we are expec tin g a third in the rail of 2004. I stay quite busy workin g, pl ayin g tenni s and ra ising a fa mil y."

John StoJlka 1851 is now li ving in Palos Park, Illinoi s.

90s Am y Danielewicz 1901 Mc Combs is" still c linical director of We ll s Ce nt er in Jacksonville Il, an alcohol/drug treatm ent cen ter, supervising an all trcatm ent sta ff and pro vidi ng detox, residential) outpati ent and famil y coun se lin g to 225-25 0 pati ent s. I am in chargc o f th e yearbook at our chil dre n's elemcnt ary sc hool thi s yea r, which brings back MP A mcmori es of Saturday mornings in th e li brary. Our daught er, A ndrea, is seve n and will be in the 2nd gra de; son, Brandon is fi ve and

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entering kindergarten. The newest additi on is Nathan Christopher, born March 22, 2004."

Sanjay Bhojraj 1941 was wed to Neha on April 11 , 2004 at the Conrad Hilton Hote l in Chi cago.

Liz Boyd 1951 Pirnal and husband Mike, li ve in Westlake, 01-1. She says, " I' ve joined Grove Street Brokers as a personal wine broker and J' m startin g my own co mpany teaching wine classes. We are just fini shing a kitchen renovation. No children yet, just a crazy cat named Pi xel. We are looki ng forward to our yearl y tr ip to Stratford. Maybe we ' ll see Mr. Kritzberg there one year.

After having gone tw ice to Stratford whil e at MPA, it' s so mu ch fun going as an adult when you can enj oy a ll Stratford has to o ffer."

Sid Kakodkar 1961 was marri ed on the sa me day as Sanj ay Bhoj raj on another floor of the same Hilton Hotel in Chi cago!

Sama ntha Chears 1981 was awa rded a doctorate in pharmacy (with honors) from Florida A&M University in May 2004.

2000s Ben Kaspar 1011 is in Spokane WA go in g to school at Moody Northwest. " I' m in my fourth of six yea rs, training as an airplane mechani c and pilot.

I plan to work in the most inaccessible places in 3rd world countri es, landing and fl ying out of short dirt airstrips.

As 1 go to school I work part time as a che f. Thank you for the cooking classes, Mr. Hibbs."

Andrew Kalafut 1021 a magna Cllm laude graduate, earned a double degree in computer science and mathemati cs whil e maintaining dean's scholarship standing all four years from Bradl ey Uni ve rsity in Peoria, IL. Andrew pl ans to attend the University of Indiana 's gradu ate PhD program in computer science.

Katherine Adams AfiyaAhmed Andre Artis Nida Badawi Molly BaulIl Sabine Chishty Max Cook Clarence Cross *Connor Currier Herschel Daniels Gyanba Ekua Davis Chase D'Louhy Gillian Dryjanski Christopher Edwards Jordan Maria Everett *Jordan Gulino Michael Keane *Darnell Kimble *Melinda Kraus-Perrotta

Bold-face names denotes I-Ionor Scholarship Wi nne r

* denotes Commenda tion winners

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2004 Legacy Families Kermit Kelly MPA [73] Alumni Leadership Award 2003.

Great uncle Charles Orr [35] and uncle Charles [58] and brother Martin [69] all went to the Academy...and mom Jane Orr attended the junior college.

Gail ScruggsLauryn [69] also brother Charles Scruggs [56] attended MPA. Ariel Lauryn

MPA Valedictorian 2004.

Brother Eric Lauryn will be a 2007 graduate.

AJ Kell y MPA 2004

Ron Drynan, Jr. MPA [79] (left) former alumni association officer and president.

Brothers, John [79] and Dotlgias [86], sister Ruth [84] and father Ron Drynan, Sr. [49] (below) attended MPA.

Amelia Rogers MPA 2004

Rogers [69] I "n'~..,. alumni assOCIation officer president.

Mike's older daughter IChristina [99] attended MPA.

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PATHWAY BRICK CAMPAIGN

Honor a family member orfriend with a persOlwlized pathway brick on the Morgan Park Academy campus.

Your contribution of$100 will provide a permanent tribute for a loved one and SUppOJ1 outstanding education at MPA. Each brick may be primed with up to three lines, including an individual orfamily name, as well as your message (class year, "in memory of," etc.).

Fill in the boxes be/ow with your message. Leave a space between words. Each line accommodates up [014 charaaers, including spaces. Bricks are placed in the Jones Bowl pathway between the flagpole and the Arts Center. To order additional bricks, simply copy thisform.

00000000000000 00000000000000 00000000000000 Name: Address: -,_ __ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ City/State/Zip: _ __ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ Pltone: No. ofBricks: _ _ _ _ x $100.00 Total enclosed: _ _ _ __ Clteck VISA / MasterCard Metltod ofPayment: Credit Card No .

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Make your check payable to: MORGAN PARK ACADEMY Please fax or mail your completed form to:

Byfax: 773/881-8017 By mail: Morgan Park Academy

Development Office 2153 W . III til Street Chicago, IL 60643

*Your dOllotioll is tax-deductible to tlte exff!l1ll/ta/ tlte illlema/ Revel/tic Code allolYs. Since YO llr bn"ck remoius 011 fhe properly of Morgol/ Park Academy, 110 goods or services are pnwitied to Ihe dOltor by Morga/1 Park AC(l(/emy il/ excltallgefor a elt aritable dolta/jOit .

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Ms. Melissa Maggiotto Mrs. Karen Schulenberg Meersman [SO] Ms. Marilyn Meunier [72] Ms. Michelle Murphy [SO] Oberweis Dairy Mr. Marc Odier & Mrs. Marilyn Hanzal Rev. William O'Donnell

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Owens Ms. Lynda Pariso Mrs. Jane George Przyborski [66] Mrs. Ellen Weiss Rissman [71] Mrs. Nancy Montgomery Runyon [74] SchoolCash.Com Dr. Ronald Seavoy [49] Mr. Robert Shetler [46]

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Dr. Leon Slota & Dr. Susan Lambert Mrs. Allison Reitz Smith [77] Sony Electronics Ms. Anna Stange Ms. Jean Waterman Mr. Michael Webb [9S] Mrs. Susan Waitkus Westcott [7S] Mr. Robert A. Whitfield [44] Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Williamson Ltc. Robert Woolson [39]

Salute to Excellence 2004 Platinum Society - $5,000 + Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fuller Jam Associates Joint Marketing Specialists, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. William Mastro Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Mr. and Mrs. James Seward

Gold Society - $2,500 + Balemaster - Illinois Tool Dr. Terrence Bartolini & Dr. Carol Braun Mr. and Mrs. John Biel Mr. and Mrs. Crane D'Louhy Mr. Richard Guminski & Mrs. Chris Guminksi Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Mark Linnerud Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pellar Dr. and Mrs. Antanas Razma Mr. Irv Ruder Dr. and Mrs. M. Nabil Shabeeb Mr. and Mrs. James Smith Mr. Aloysius Stonitsch & Mrs. Helen Witt Ms. Linda Wolgamott

Silver Society - $ 1,000 + Mr. and Mrs. J. William Adams Ms. Michelle Alfano-Ortiz Ms. Joyce Bonner Dr. James Bray & Dr. Linda Janus Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brusha Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Catania Mr. and Mrs. Sanjiv Chadha Mr. Shawn Concannon Mr. and Mrs. John Craven Crown Corr Mr. and Mrs. Ronney Deanes Mr. and Mrs. William Dods Mr. and Mrs. Mark Erzen Mr. Michael Flannery & Ms. Susan Larson Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Frank

Dr. Arvind Gandhi and Dr. Jayshree Bhatt Mr. Jeffrey Gilbert & Ms. Malinda Steele Dr. and Mrs. Richard Green Ms. Donalda Hingston Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hoyles Mr. Darrell Jackson and Dr. Valencia Ray Johnson, Jones, Snelling, Gilbert & Davis Dr. John Keane & Dr. Shirley Maides-Keane Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kenny Mr. Kenneth Konecki Mr. David and Mrs. Gail Scruggs [69] Lauryn Marina Cartage, Inc. MastroNet Mat Leasing, Inc. Ms. Elizabeth Olesker Mr. and Mrs. Joel Pelz Mr. and Mrs. Albert Petkus Dr. and Mrs. Gerardo Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Neal Rosner Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sipich Mr. and Mrs. Mark Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Mariano Sori-Marin Mr. and Mrs. John Stratta Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Taft Thilman & Filippini Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Thomas Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis Dr. Samir Wassef & Dr. Wafaa Hanna

Bronze Society - $500 + Ms. Nancy Alfano Auburn Supply Company Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Barry Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Baum Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bertoletti Mrs. Cheryl Blackwell-Bryson Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker Mr. James Bremer & Ms. Margaret O'Brien-Bremer C & C Waste Management

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and Mrs. Rachit Dhingra and Mrs. Kevin Doherty and Mrs. Thomas Dryjanski and Mrs. Robert Eichinger and Mrs. Clarke Gillespie Joseph Grassi [43] Steven and Mrs. Sara White [71] Grassi Mr. James Hansen & Mrs. Roseann de la Paz-Hansen Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harmening Mr. David and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. David Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jucewicz Mr. James Kowalsky & Dr. Vicki Williams Dr. and Mrs. Ajit Kumar Dr. & Mrs. Joseph LaBlanc Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lambrecht Dr. Rachel Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Elias Litos Mr. and Mrs. Minas Litos Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marmo Dr. and Mrs. Danilo Martinez Mr. Jay Mikulski Mr. and Mrs. John Mikulski, Jr. Mr. John Mikulski MPA Folks Mr. Marc Odier & Mrs. Marilyn Hanzal Dr. Brian O'Leary and Dr. Elaine Cheng Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Olivieri Dr. and Mrs. Richard O'Young Dr. Peter Perrotta & Dr. Sharon Kraus Mr. and Mrs. Terence Raser Mr. and Mrs. Rodd Rasmussen Dr. and Mrs. Mohammed Sahloul Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Sheppard Mr. Allan Teske Mr. M. L. Tew [48] Ms. Barbara Thomas Mrs. Brenda Thomas-Asaju Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Dean Vallas

Mr. Hobart Van Deventer [39] Mr. and Mrs. Ed Verdino Mr. and Mrs. Robert Volkmann Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Walker Mr. and Mrs. James Wardlaw Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wiegel Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wimp

Gala Club - $100 + Dr. and Mrs. Anil Agarwal Alderman Ginger Rugai Ms. Lynn Alleruzzo & Ms. Charlene Crotty Mrs. Margaret Allison Arlington International Racecourse Mrs. Harriet Arnold Mrs. Helen Ayers Beverly Area Planning Assocation Mr. Jerome Bonner and Mrs. Joyce Ann Gardner-Bonner Dr. and Mrs. Larry Brown Ms. Jessica Bushey Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Campbell & Company Mr. and Mrs. John Cater Mr. Robert Cecrle [50] Center for Pych Services Chesterfield Savings & Loan Association Mr. and Mrs. Nick Choinis Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cohen Mr. and Mrs. William Collins Country House Restaurant Mr. Robert Crist [70] Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dal Corobbo Mr. and Mrs. Fred Danielewicz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Deanes Mr. and Mrs. Dalyn Drown Dr. C. Elise Duffy Mr. and Mrs. Randy Emer Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Engelien Mr. and Mrs. John Enright F & B Construction Services First Attorney Consultants, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald Mr. Francis Flynn [4S] Franklin Framing, Inc. Mr. William Gaps [52] Ms. Alice Gately George Poulos & Associates Dr. C. W. Getz [42] Ms. Dorothy Weisand Giese [64] Mr. Donald Glover Ms. Elizabeth Gradle

Dr. Marlene Green Mr and Mrs. Michael Gruber Mr. Harry Hager, Jr. [4S] Mr. Gary Harada Ms. Patricia Hibbs Ms. Dawn Hillstrom Mr. Edward James Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Javorski John Sheehy & Sons Funeral Home Ms. Teresa Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert Keelan Dr. and Mrs. Antoun Koht Mr. Edward Kole [53] Mr. and Mrs. John Kolzow Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Kosinski Mr. Donald Kreger [47] Mr. Gus Kumis [69] Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Lazo Dr. Richard Lewis Mr. William Liptak [49] Little Company of Mary Hospital Mr. and Mrs. Charles Long Mr. and Mrs. George Macey Ms. Melissa Maggiotto Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Maloney Mr. Edward Mancini Ms. Susan Mangels Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Marovitch Ms. Connie McGee Mr. and Mrs. Donald McGrath Robert and Mary McGuire Ms. Fern McNamara Mr. James Meek [50] Midwest Anesthesiologists Ms. Maria Mohl Dr. Deborah Montgomery Mr. Robert Montgomery [72] Morgan Park Auto Service Mr. and Mrs. Niko Mourgelas MPA Alumni Affairs MPA Business Office MPA Mothers' Club MPA Physical Ed Department MPA Salute Ms. Michelle Murphy [SO] Rev. William O'Donnell Dr. and Mrs. Allan Olthoff Orthospine Center, Ltd. Ms. Michele Ostrowski Dr. and Mrs. Kaushik Pandya Mr. and Mrs. Scott Panozzo Dr. and Mrs. Dilipkumar Parikh R. W. Collins, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Cornel Raab

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Mr. and Mrs. Julius Rhodes Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Roos Mr. Frank Ruafflo Mr. Michael Salerno [02] Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Sarabia Ms. Susan Shimmin' 66 Ms. Verneta Simon [7S] Mr. Gene Simonson [45] Mr. Vijay and Dr. Priti Singh Mr. John Stack [61] Mr. John Stewart [47] Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stone Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Story Dr. and Mrs. Rhay Street Ms. Debbie Summers Ms. Martha Herriott Swift [52] The Washington & Jane Smith Home Mrs. Winnie Theodore Ms. Angenette Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Thrall Mr. Thomas Tieman [ 4S] Tinley Park Frozen Foods Ms. Jean Tourville TR Communications, Inc. Ms. Janice Tucker-Shepard Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Vasquez Mr. and Mrs. Peter Voss Ms. Jean Waterman Mrs. Elizabeth White Mr. and Mrs. Donald Williams Dr. Mark Williams and Dr. Stephanie Whyte Mr. and Mrs. Kurt Williamson Dr. and Mrs. Leon Witkowski

MPA Club - Up to $99 Ms. Mary Bayer In Memory of Richard Berliner [45] Mr. and Mrs. Aldolph Biel Ms. Christine Burdick Calabria Imports Mr. and Mrs. Antony Carter Ms. Mary Cascio County Fair Mr. Francis CuIlina Ms. Carole Dwyer Mr. and Mrs. George Eck Ms. Lynn Fisher Florida Plastics International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Griffin Ms. Cynthia Heywood Mr. and Mrs. John Higgins Ms. Rosa Jackson

Mr. and Mrs. Brian Kane Kenneth Mercury - Insurance Agency Ms. Sharon Kinsella Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kunke Ms. Roberta Lester Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Lewis Ms. Lori Ludwig Mr. Thomas Malcolm Hon. Kathleen McGury Mr. and Mrs. David Mekarski Ms. Mary Miller Mrs. Helen Morong

Mortenson Roofing Company, Inc. Ned Savide, DDS, Ltd. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Nelson Ortigara Musicville Palos Sports Patio Food Products, Inc. Mr. Carl Pettigrew Ms. Debra Powell R. Jean Gallery in LaGrange RAE Products & Chemicals Southern Illinois University Southern Living at Home Mr. Bryan Spencer & Mrs. Pamela Randle-Spencer

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Ms. Kathleen Sternagle Steuber Florist Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Storti Suburban Bank & Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swanson Town Liquors Ms. Anne Vasselli Mr. Kevin Waller & Mrs. Jean Roche Walsh Services, Inc. Wentworth Tire Mr. Gerald Williams Mr. and Mrs. James Woods

Salute Giving In Kind A Woman's Place Mr. and Mrs. 1. William Adams Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum Dr. and Mrs. Anil Agarwal Dr. and Mrs. Azaz Ahmed Ms. Nancy Alfano Dr. Liza Allen Ms. Peg Allison Alverno College American Theater Company American Gramaphone Loni Anderson Julie Andrews Anonymous ARS Recording Studio Henny Backus Joan Baez Ball State University Bally Total Fitness Mr. Daniel Baltierra Banana Leaf Barry University Baseball Alley Dr. Garfield Batchelor & Dr. Minakshi Joshi Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Baum Bella Flowers & Greenhouse Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bertoletti Dr. and Mrs. Ken Bielinski Dr. and Mrs. Wilfred Boarden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker, Sr. Mr. Dave Bonnan and Ms. Jean Doyle [79] Border's Books Mr. Jim Bremer & Mrs. Peggy O'Brien-Bremer Ms. Ann Brown Dr. and Mrs. Larry Brown Ms. Antoinette Bryant Jeremy Bulloch James Caan Calabria Imports The Calphalon Culinary Center Calyx and Corolla Mr. Alan Canfield [59] Carnegie Mellon University Carr Gardens Jose Carreras Jim Carrey

Carthage College Ms. Jean Catania Mr. and Mrs. Sanjiv Chadha Ray Charles Chicago Bulls Training Academy Chicago White Sox Training Academy Chicago Blackhawks Chicago Historical Society Chicago White Sox Chicago Wolves Chicago Children's Museum Chicago State University Chuck's Pizza ClaremontiMcKenna College Coe College Cole Taylor Bank Ms. Edna Coleman Colgate University ComedySportz of Chicago Ms. Janet Concannon Concannon Vineyard The Cooking Hospitality Institute of Chicago Country House Restaurants Mr. and Mrs. Pat Cox Craven Creations Mr. and Mrs. John Craven Joe Crede Dairyland Greyhound Park Mrs. Karen Danielewicz De Paul University's Merle Resking Theater Mrs. Dolores Delaney University of Denver Dermatology Center Associates Mrs. Gail Desch Dinkel's Bakery Ms. Jean Doyle Mrs. Sandra Drabant Richard Dreyfuss Mr. Stephen Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Dalyn Drown Governor Michael Dukakis Kyle Earman [09] East Bank Club East Meets West Acupuncture Edie Falco Mrs. Linda Edison Edward Cardiovascular Institute

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Jack Gibbons Garden Mr. Darrell Jackson and Dr. Valencia Ray John Carroll University The John G. Shedd Aquarium Mr. Erin Johnson Joint Marketing Specialists Kalamazoo College Kamahachi Restaurant Mr. John Keane Mrs. Kathy Keelan Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kelly Mr. Kermit [73] and Rose Ann Kelly Kelly Grafix Ken Arlen Orchestra Kendall College Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Kenny Mr. Harry Klein [56] Dr. and Mrs. Antoun Koht Mr. James Kowalsky Ms. Mary Kreis Lisa Kudrow Mrs. Gina Kurkul Lake Shore Athletic Club Lake Surgical Associates Language and Music School Laura B Day Spa Mrs. Maria Lazo Lehigh University Jay Leno Leona's Restaurant Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants Mr. Greg Lochow The Looking Glass Theater Louie's Chophouse Loyola University Macalester College MacMurray College Tobey Maguire Ron Majers Marian College Rose Marie Mrs. Gayann Marmo Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marmo Marquette University Mr. and Mrs. William Mastro MastroNet Martina McBride Senator John McCain Mr. and Mrs. Don McGrath Tim McGraw McKendree College Menards Metropolitan Limousine Mia Alexandra Salon and Spa

Mr. and Mrs. John Eichinger Mr. and Mrs. Bob Eichinger Eli's Cheesecake World Elmhurst College John Elway Mike Farrell Maria Fermi Fitzjoy Riding Stables Mr. Mike Flannery and Ms. Susan Larson Fogo De Chao Four Seasons Hotel Fox News Channel Fox and Obel Francescas's Vicinato Restaurants Fuji Japanese Steakhouse Mrs. Sharon Fuller Fuller's Car Wash Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garcia Garden of Yoga Gideon's Crossing Mr. Jeff Gilbert and Ms. Malinda Steele The Glass Junkie Golden Eagle Martial Arts Ms. Elizabeth Gradle Grand Valley State University Granite Place Mr. Steve and Mrs. Sara [71] Grassi Grinnell College Mr. Donald Grover Mr. Michael Guihan [91] Sammy Hagar Harrah's Casino Harvard University Mrs. Sara Haskins Tony Hawk Hawthorne Race Course Charlton Heston Mr. David and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. John Higgins Hillsdale College Hilton Oak Lawn Mrs. Donalda Hingston Hollins University David Horowitz Howard University The Humane Society Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hunt Rachel Hunter Illinois Institute of Technology The Improv Indiana University Innisbrook Wraps University of Iowa Ithaca College

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Miami University University of Michigan Mr. John Mikulski "in memory of Gerrie Mikulski" Mr. John Mikulski Millikin University Mr. and Mrs. Niko Mourgelas MPA 4 Year Old Preschool MPA 1st Grade MPA 2nd Grade MPA 3rd Grade MPA 4th Grade MPA 5th Grade MPA 6th Grade MPA 7th Grade MPA 8th Grade MPA 9th Grade MPA 10th Grade MPA 11 th Grade MPA 12th Grade MPA Lower School MPA Middle School MPA Upper School MPA Cheerleaders MPA Fathers' Club MPA Mothers' Club MPA Spanish Students MPA Music Department MPA Kindergarten MPA 3 Year Old Preschool MPA Summer Program Mrs. Alyssa Mullaney Eddie Murphy Tara Murray Ms. Terra Murray [94] MyChauffer Mr. and Mrs. Byron Nelson New Mexico College Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nichols Marcus Nichols [11] Max Nichols [08] Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nichols Noral Jewelers Northern Illinois University University of Notre Dame Nova Quarter Horses Oak Lawn Hilton Oakbrook Racquet and Fitness Ms. Susan Oczkowski Mr. Marc Odier and Mrs. Marilyn Hanzal Ohio State University Mr. and Mrs. Allan Olthoff Magglio Ordonez Mary Kay, Inc. Lucy O'Young

Pacini Restaurant Passions Performance Limo Mr. Al Petkus Mr. Carl Pettigrew, Sr. University of Pittsburg Pitzer College Pizza Hut The Pleasant Company Portia Paperweights Premier Designs Mark Prior Purdue University Quincy University Mr. Dale Ralston Mrs. Liz Raser Mr. and Mrs. Richard Raser Mrs. Joyce Rasmussen Mr. Ryan Rasmussen [05] Ravinia Festival Dr. and Mrs. Antanas Razma Reading on Walden Bookstore Reed College Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reiter Relaxation Station Replogle Globes, Inc. Governor Ann Richards Mrs. Beth Robertson Rock Island Grind & Grill Kenny Rogers Mr. Michael Rogers [69] and Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Roos Victoria Rowell Royal Travel Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno Mr. Michael Salerno [02] Schezwan East Ms. Dawn Schneider Score Tennis & Fitness The Second City Sesame Inn Mr. and Mrs. James Seward Dr. and Mrs. M. Nabil Shabeeb Mark Shale Mr. Jim Shaw Shaw's Crabhouse Ms. Susan Shimmin [66] Silver Lake Country Club Simply Stated Ms. Becky Singh Mrs. Kathy Sipich Mrs. Martha Slaughter Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith Southern Living at Home

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Southwest Airlines Spirit Cruises Jerry Springer St. Mary's College St. Xavier University Ms. Anna Stange Ms. Kathy Sternagle Steuber Florist & Greenhouse Mr. AI Stonitsch and Ms. Helen Witt Subway #6267 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swanson Syracuse University Richard Szkarlat & MPA Maintenance Crew Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Taft Mr. Allan Teske Theatre Building - Chicago Ms. Brenda Thomas-Asaju Ms. Angenette Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Steve Thomas Three's Company Interiors Through the Looking Glass Tinley Park Meats & Frozen Foods Tommy Bahama Trinity College Truefitt and Hill

Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis TUSA of Palos Heights U. S. Airforce Academy Untouchable Tours Valparaiso University Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Vasquez Kelly Starr & Patrick Berklich of Vedder Price Victory Gardens Mr. and Mrs. Robert Volkmann Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wardlaw Dr. and Mrs. Jesse Warlow Washington University Mr. Michael WeB Mr. and Mrs. Marc Wells Western Illinois University Mrs. Elizabeth White Mr. Mark [79] and Mrs. Jeri Wiegel William Woods University Mr. and Mrs. Bryron Williams Dr. Vicki Williams Wilton Enterprises Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wolgamott Ms. Linda Wolgamott World Wrestling Federation Wynton Marsalies Enterprises Zanies Nite Club

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Annual Giving Fund - Gift In Kind Mr. and Mrs. 1. William Adams Ms. Michelle Alfano-Ortiz Mr. Vernon Bell & Ms. Adrienne Henry Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bielinski Mr. and Mrs. Tom Blondis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bollacker Dr. and Mrs. Melvin Bunn Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Churchill Mr. and Mrs. Antoun Collins Mr. and Mrs. William Collins Ms. Claire Concannon [85] Mr. and Mrs. John Craven Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dryjanski Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eichinger

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Frierson Mr. and Mrs. Steven Grassi Dr. and Mrs. Rodney Greene Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harmening Mr. David and Dr. Maria Hibbs Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ingram Mr. Darryl King & Mrs. Cynthia Pleasant-King Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Luetkehans Mr. Thomas Malcolm Mr. Hershey Norise & Mrs. Emma Webb-Norise Mr. Richard Patrick & Dr. Nanette James-Patrick Mr. Kshetij Patwa & Dr. Kathryn Bryan

R. W Collins Dr. and Mrs. Gerardo Reyes Mr. Michael Rogers & Ms. Karin Nelson-Rogers Mr. Nathan Ross & Mrs. Stephanie Cox-Ross Mr. and Mrs. Michael Salerno In Memory of Mr. James Stokes [54] Dr. and Mrs. Rhay Street Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Taylor Mrs. Brenda Thomas-Asaju Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John Tubutis Mr. and Mrs. Donald Williams Mr. and Mrs. Wladyslaw Wodziak

Funds Campaign Ayers Scholarship Fund Claudette LeRose Scholarship Fund Crist Scholarship Fund Crist Scholarship Fund Crist Scholarship Fund Crist Scholarship Fund Francis S. Gray Scholarship Fund Francis S. Gray Scholarship Fund George Wiegel Scholarship Fund George Wiegel Scholarship Fund George Wiegel Scholarship Fund George Wiegel Scholarship Fund MPA Faculty Endowment Fund MPA Faculty Endowment Fund Restricted Giving

Donor Name In Memory of A. Richard Ayers [36]Mrs. Helen Ayers Ms. Claire Concannon [85] The Robert and Barbara Crist Foundation Mr. Robert Crist [70] Mr. Warren Crist [63] Mrs. Josephine Kirk [71] Dr. Calvin Johnson [46] Martha G. Moore Foundation, Inc. Mr. Ronald Elmore and Mrs. Janet Wiegel-Elmore [60] Dr. Raymond E. Wiegel [31] Ms. Joanne Wiegel Meier [57] and Family Ms. Jean Wiegel Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kritzberg Salute to Excellence 2004 Mr. Mark [79] and Mrs. Jeri Wiegel

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Annual Report 2003·2004 Audited Financial Summary (July 1, 2003 • June 30, 2004) Assets:

Cash and Cash Equivalents ............................................ $ 708,214 Investments............................................................... $ 766,718 Receivables ................................................................ $ 594,935 Pre-paid Expenses....................................................... $ 139,898 Plant and Equipment..................................................... $ 2,051,270 LongTerm Receivables .................................................._$..:....-_ _ 34_6~,3_3_6_ Total Assets ••....•...........•.•••..•..•••.••••.•••••.•••....•...•...• $

4,607,371

Liabilities and Net Assets: Liabilites

Accounts Payable......................................................... $ 136,552 Notes Payable ............................................................. $ 36,942 Accrued Payroll/Expenses .............................................. $ 148,428 Deferred Revenue........................................................ $ 1,410,321 Long Term Liabilities ..................................................... _$..:....-_2.....:,_10_9~,_19_9_ Total Liabilites... .•••.. •••••..... ••••••....•••...•••...••........•..•. $

3,841,442

Net Assets

Unrestricted................................................................ $ (1,263,382) Temporarily Restricted ..................................................._$..:....-_2.....:,;....02_9~,3_1_1_ Total Net Assets •..•••••.••••••••.....•••••....•••..••............... $

765,929

Total Liabilities and Net Assets: .••••••....•••...•••..•••..••....•. , $

4,607,371

Income:

Tuition Income............................................................. $ 5,504,348 Program Services......................................................... $ 250,840 Student Services ......................................................... $ 43,973 Auxiliary Services......................................................... $ 96,820 Investment Income ........................................................ $ 11,709 Annual Giving and Fundraising ........................................ $ 1,189,845 Other Revenue ............................................................._$..:....-_ _ 15_0....:.,,6_1_3_ Total Income .•..........•.....••••.•.....•••••••••••••••••••••••••..•. $ 7,248,148 Expenses:

Employee Compensation............................................... $ 4,142,879 Employee Benefits........................................................ $ 1,004,595 Instructional Expenses................................................... $ 132,332 Student Services .......................................................... $ 162,308 Auxiliary Services......................................................... $ 76,828 General Administration .................................................. $ 287,264 Admissions and Marketing .............................................. $ 75,774 Advancement and Fundraising........................................ $ 338,809 Building and Grounds.................................................... $ 41,981 Utilities....................................................................... $ 186,607 Computers and Major Projects ........................................ $ 29,779 Other Operating Expenses............................................. $ 185,457 Bad Debt Recovery....................................................... $ (8,502) Depreciation ................................................................ _$..:....-_ _13_5~,3_1_4_ Total Expenses ..•...........................................•......•. $ 6,791,425 Net change in assets ................................................ $

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456,723

INCOME

2. 1% 16, 4%

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Program Services .. . .

Investment Income ..... ....... ... ............. . " ... ......... .

Annual Giving and Fundraising ............ .. . .... .. .................... .

Other Revenue

$ $ $ $ $ $ $

Total Income ............. ..... ... .. .. .. ......... . ... ••••. ...... ... .....

$

Student Services Auxiliary Services .................. .

5.504 .348 75.9% 3.5% 250.840 43.973 0.6% 96.820 1. 3% 11,709 0.2% 1.189.845 16.4% 150.613 2.1% 7.248,148 100.0%

EXPENSES

Employee Compensation ......... ••.............. •••

Employee Benefits ................... .. ...... .

Instructio nal Expenses ...................... .•"

Student Services .... ..... ..... .. ......... ... .. .

Auxiliary Services .......... .

General Administration .......... .

Admissions and Marketing ................ ...•. •............. ... .. •.......

Advancement and Fundraising ........ .... . .. ................... ........ .

Building and Grounds .................. .. ..................... .. .......... .

Utilities.. .. ........ ................................. .... ....... .. ..

Computers and Major Projects .....

Other Operatin g Expenses Bad Debt Re cove ry.

Depreciation . ........ .

Total Expenses ......... ............. ................. .. ..... .. ... ..... ..

Total Income .... .......... ...... ........ ... .. ... .. .... ....... .. ............

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$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

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4.142.879 61.0% 1.004 ,595 14.8% 132,332 1.9% 162.308 2.4% 1.1% 76.828 287.264 4.2% 1.1% 75.774 338,809 5.0% 41.98 1 0.6% 2.7% 186.607 0.4% 29.779 185,457 2.7% (8,502) -0.1 % 2.0% 135.314 6.791 ,425 100.0%

S 7.248,148 -.:S"--_-'6"',7"9",1".4,,,2,,5,,$ 456,723

Board Designated Unrestricted Net Assets As of June 30, 2004 1 Henry W. Kennedy Memorial Fund 1 Davis Boyd Fund 2 Morgan Park Academy Endowment Fund 4 Heilman Family Endowment 1 Donald E. Coller 1 Ross Widney Beatty 4 Loring Fund 2 Alice H. Baer 1 George E. Wiegel Memorial 3 Edward E. Ford Foundation 3 Martin Wolf Fund 1 Jerome A. Thrall Scholarship Fund 1 Andrew Bitta Scholarship Fund 2 Donald Mancini Fund 2 War Memorial Fund 1 Captain Gray Fund 3 Claudette LeRose Fund 4 Mrs. Patricia Grassi Memorial 1 Phyllis Montgomery Fund 3 Morgan Park Academy Faculty Endowment 4 Morgan Park Academy Restricted Fund 4 Morgan Park Academy Undesignated Fund 4 Morgan Park Academy Staff Endowment

$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $

2004 4,132 2,438 23,229 1,743 8,827 34,354 51,330 336,651 11,792 165,335 11,957 45,809 13,448 201,698 3,185 47,942 7,768 513 3,080 130,949 20,423 128,042 3,431

$ 1,258,076

1 Combines to make the Scholarship Endowment Fund value

$

2 Combines to make the Capital Endowment Fund value

$

3 Combines to make the Faculty Endowment Fund value

$ $

4 Combines to make the Undesignated Endowment Fund value

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171,822 564,763 316,009 205,482

2003 4,091 $ 2,414 $ $ 22,996 1,725 $ 8,541 $ $ 34,010 $ 50,816 $ 343,956 $ 11,180 $ 163,680 $ 11,838 $ 45,350 $ 13,314 $ 199,679 3,153 $ $ 32,612 7,195 $ $ 508 3,049 $ $ 105,111 15,269 $ 77,160 $ 3,397 $ $1,161,044

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Salute to Excellence Saturday March 12, 2005 Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Sara White 1711 Grassi ami Headmaster, Bill Al/allls display Alumlli Leadership Award for Jerome A. Thrall IMPMA 44}.

Event Co-Chairs Marilyn and Marc Odier Parents of Thomas [12] and Mackenzie [14] Event Information Betsy Olesker 773-881-6700 ext. 230 www.morganparkacademy.org

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Proceeds will benefit the effort to build a new gymnasium complex.

Please join us for a festive evening of dining, dancing, auctions and fun at Morgan Park Academy's biggest social event and fundraiser of the year.

EvelYOtle who's /Ulvillg/itll, raiseY01t1" h(fllt/s!

Engaging in timehonored rituals like springcleaning sometimes can have surprising results.

Martha Herriott Swift 1521 , a former foreign language teacher and department chair at MPA and her husband, Dean Miller, were moving a piano when something unpiano-like fell out of the back.

The un-pia no-like thing proved to be a photograph of the 1904 graduating class of Morgan Park Academy ofthe University of Chicago.

How the photograph got there is, of course, anyone's guess, but it may have had something to do with .f rving Herriott 1041 , the fellow at the right end of the top row, who was Martha's ancestor.

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