I think Shel Silverstein was one of the two most famous people who attended Roosevelt University, the other being Harold Washington, of course. Silverstein is best known for writing children's books, including A Light in the Attic, Where the Sidewalk Ends and The Giving Tree. He also wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue", which was made famous by Johnny Cash.
He only attended Roosevelt University few years in the 1950s and did not graduate. He bounced around several collages in those years.
While at Roosevelt, Shel worked on the staff of the student newspaper The Torch, and published cartoons there. As far as I know, these were the first cartoons he ever published.
After Silverstein left Roosevelt University, the Torch continued to publish his leftover cartoons, and even republished some of his cartoons with new captions added:
The original,
published Dec. 8, 1952 and a copy, published March 2, 1965.
*Notice that the quality of the cartoons is uneven because they were reprinted from microfilm.
-Michael Gabriel
