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Are you looking for someone?

Someone you knew a long time ago but lost track of?

You lived together in Uptown Chicago, or Maliwada, or the Isle of Dogs, or Westside? Went to Joan Aria Middle school, ran cds, was an EG, ate grits with?

Below is a quiz that you should be able to ace.

If you want to hear from some of the kids you grew up with, take the quiz, send your answers to me via e-mail, or post them as a comment below.

It's multiple choice, or course.

1) If I am working in the kitchen, I am on a) K.P. b) dish patrol c) enablement

2)Free men live in a) responsibility b) obscurity c) infinity

3)The dean of the Institute was Joe a) Matthews b) Anderson c) DiMaggio

4)The correct answer to the question is always a) no b) yes and no c) no and yes d) yes

5)The past is a) improved b) removed c) approved

6)E.G. stands for a) energy group b) emerging generation c) everything's groovy

7)On Sundays we have a) house cleaning b) house dressing c) house church

8)____ shall build the earth a) iron men b) concrete people c) wooden women

9)Principal is to school as _____ is to Religious House: a) minister b) prior c) chieftain

10)Global Centrum is in a) Detroit b) Minneapolis c) Chicago

11)Which of these things is not at Kemper? a) pangyat b) jet hanger c) student house

12)When I am 12, I am a) employed b) deployed c) destroyed d) annoyed

13)Free, free, free to a) imbibe b) reside c) decide

14)I can't wait for my a) paycheck b) stipend c) allowance

15)Social Process a) chart b) triangle c) document

Old Picture 1

Here's an old picture that Deb Griffin scanned from the archives in Seattle, right after the reunion last month. This would have been one of those keep us busy & maybe earn some money summer gigs. This one was apple picking. I wasn't there, not sure where I was cause there's no date on the picture.

As far as we know the people here are L to R: Kevin Walters, John Hopkins, Mary Boivin?, Ruth Gibson, Matt Hockley?, Sue Barkony, Randy Hess?, Heidi Sharp, Jody Booher, Brian Convey, Bernhard Knutsen, and Rob White.

Or Kristen Cramer thinks it might be R to L: Robert White, Brian Convey, Bernhard Knutsen, Jody Booher, Heidi Sharp, Randy Hess, Sue Barkony, Matt Hockley, Ruth Gibson, Debra Griffin(w/ bandana), John Hokkins & Geoff Harper(although I concede it could be Kevin Walters...)

Quite the crew.

3444 West Congress Parkway, Chicago IL

3444 W Congress Parkway, in the heart of Fifth City on Chicago's west side. This was home to myself & many others over 15 or so years in the late 60's into the late 70's. I lived here as the child of a couple who had joined an organization called the Ecumenical Institute, which later became the Institute of Cultural Affairs. Most of us were white, and this is/ was a predominantly black neighborhood.




The Gym, it also served as a chapel for Daily Office & I'm sure many other things. At some point I believe that the Fifth City Preschool also operated out of this building. I was on the northwest corner of the property. There was a wrought Iron gate that ran from there to Faculty West.




The building formed a huge 'J' shape. It had been apartments, quite posh ones I'm sure in the heyday of that part of town. There were still apartments in it, and a penthouse on the top. It was connected to a building we called Admin. I never realized how really big this building was till I saw these pictures earlier this year.

This is where I lived. In an apartment on the main floor that overlooked the street. This whole complex is gone now, torn down and made into part of Bethany Hospital.

We attended Lief Erickson Elementary School, the most misnamed school on the face of the earth.