[satchmodog9]

I believe the state schools like NIU, Western and SIU were the last resort. DePaul is still a private school and you still need a decent gpa and test scores to get in. At least you did 15 years ago. Now all one probably needs is a checkbook and a liberal mindset.

[wrathof59]

15 years ago I was looking at retirement and already a grandpa 3 times over, lol

thanks, when I graduated HS in 1956, very few working class persons could afford to send their children to school and pay for room and board (there were no student loans), only Northwestern (only the rich could afford that), Loyola or DePaul was in Chicago, there was no U of I circle.

Wilbur Wright also was two year associate school, many went there.

But back then, almost nobody went to college, HS was the end of formal school for most.. Some went to trade schools, (women went to secretarial, teaching or nursing schools) though, Washburn on the south side (35th and Kedzie) was full of tradesmen.