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From the ARCHIVES
As we come to the end of Latin's 125th anniversary celebration,
Our Stories. Our School, we leave you with our favorite stories
from the '20s, culled from the archives:
May 2, 1926
During the senior prom last night at the Chicago
Latin school in Scott street two of the young men in
tuxedo and boiled shirt stepped out for some air.
Several members of the Wells street gang passed
– and passed remarks about the dressed up boys.
Words. The boys from Wells street were chased
back to Wells street. But they came back soon with
their gang – some 25 in all – and they gathered
about the door of the school, their yells mingling
with the music. They kept it up for some five or ten
minutes and then the school-boys came out.
The rude boys were ordered away. Some one
struck someone. There was a general fight – and
when the dust settled the Wells street gang was
making tracks for Wells street, and the tuxedo boys
brushed their clothes and – on with the dance!
An article from the Chicago Daily Tribune
Archives.
Fight In Street Features Prom At Latin School
"To the uninvited and
obstreperous guests
is due the credit of
adding a spice of danger
to a most refined party."
– 1926 Rostra
