The best days of my life were hanging at Lennies.This place was a known gang hangout for the likes of the Lawndale and Kilborne Gaylords the Symon City Royals, Insane Popes, Chi-West,C-Notes, Jousters,RiceBoys,Playboys,Ventures and Stone Greasers.The blacks and latinos never ventured there for lunch.I was a student at Lane Tech H.S. and this was the hangout for me for all 4 years.I was a campus guard as all the greasers were made campus guards by our principle. Man it sure beat study hall.By the time I was a senior I had worked my way up in my gang and now ran with all the gang in Lennies.My last year was a little ruff as we lost several members and the latinos were making a move with the blacks to control Lane.I recall having a fight in gym with a black student during gym,over a ball rolling on there side of the gym. This fight was easily broken up by several gym teachers, but words were exchanged. i recall using the n word several times.Well several day later I was walking down the hall after playing softball on campus when I again met this fool. Well this negro thought I had brought a bat in school to beat him with.I told this fool i didn't need a bat to beat his ass. Well the 2 guys with me were from Chi-West and the Lawndale Gaylords and before I could hit this fool Greek from Lawndale Gaylords hit him.This large older guy from Chi-West pick him up over his head and threw him into some lockers. the teachers came running down the hall and we just walked away. my friends left the building and ten minutes later I was in security room with gang crimes.Well he claimed that there were 20 of us and we beat him with a bat and was crying saying this was a racial attack.The next day we had several all black school at Lanes front doors.The police recovered several guns from them and there were several hundred blacks wanting to fight.Well you know how us Greasers are we also gathered several hundred guys and had every white gang in the city there for the big show down.Man it was the talk all day in the school and many kids left school early or didn't even go. Well we attacked each other but there was so many cop there that not many people got a real chance to fight.The next day I was arrested and charged with 7 counts of battery. The cops arrest only me. I sat there laughing at these kids parents and said I beat them all up ?Oh well I just called by club and they picked me up and paid my bond. When it came to court they never showed and the case was dropped.I told them you know now you can't go to Lane anymore and order them beat on site. The next day all the latinos who were from gangs like the Latin Lovers and Spanish Lords were beat and told to leave Lane. The following day we waited at ever door and beat all of them as they left Lane. The next day I was arrested again for 12 counts of battery.All I can say is the Gaylords keep that school safe for them rich white kids who would never made it through school if we had allowed these other gangs to exist. Just look what happen to Kelvin Park,Taft,Proser, and others. That why there will alway be Gaylords.Remember god forgive Gaylords don't. The class of 1977 Lane Tech gaylords