It is safe to say this community will never challenge "Classmates." Nevertheless, I felt the need to check in, to see that things are well oiled.
The link via schools established a very different demographic than 1950's Albany Park, but then this is coming from California, and there is an active group out here that meets in the valley. I still work and the meetings just aren't as convenient as the internet.... to me.
So, we shall see.
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- Current Location
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Testing as an anonymous poster. That is, someone signing into the community without a username or a password. Can he post? We shall see.
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- Current Mood
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quixotic
Being late in the day, and a Friday at that, and new to LiveJournal, and wanting you all to feel entirely at home in a strange medium, with mysterious links, I confess that I posted my Roosevelt comment on Malitz vs Coesfeld, on the wrong blog.... my own devious and obscure, "Neophron's Senescence... Uromancy." Now doesn't that seem like a devious way to draw you in to my own writing.
Nothing so sinister. I'm too damn tired to rewrite it in the the right place! So, click on tinkll1 and follow it to my personal blog, and skip what doesn't apply, but go to Malitz vs Coesfeld, with my apology. Less aging than ignorance. Credit the good intention.
Larry
"Go on you Rough Riders, Go.
Go Roosevelt, Go.
We all are true to the Gold and Blue,
So, Go Rough Riders, Go..."
Nine days ago, at a kosher Italian restaurant, La Gondola, on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, a mini-reunion was held, with much good fellowship. The small gathering, a writer and documentary film maker, 2 architects, a physician, all sharing memories of Chicago in the early fifties, our triumphs and our fantasies, our worst moments, the anonymity of the transformation from the pinnacle of elementary school, the proud eighth graders to the lowly freshman role, and, subsequently, the comfort of identification in an exciting school with new friends. Hibbard, Haugen, Humbolt Park, Albany Park, the Ravenswood "L", the rival Von Steuben up Kimball avenue, the Terminal, the Metro, the Alba.
We remembered Ron Schultz and his contiribution in planning alumni events, and, sadly, his recent death. We talked about the diaspora. Where did we all go, and why? And why do we always want to come back. What was that special experience in a public school that lives on and continues to bring us together in little clusters.
At the time, no one mentioned blogging or the internet, or the potential vehicle that this might serve in sharing memories, or tracking down old friends. Our reunions are great fun but limited by the inability to crowd so many desired visits into a weekend.
So, I contacted this tiny sample and they agreed that it was worth pursuing, and that is why and how..... the rest is up to you, and hopefully anyone with a connection to Roosevelt will be welcome. The vehicle of LiveJournal opens the door.... "So Go Rough Riders, Go!"
