Downers Grove North High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Downers Grove, IL)

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THE CAULDRON ART THEME No matter what our age, we live constantly in childhood. This is because there is so much to learn, so many things to comprehend, that they tower like giants above our punv knowledge. It is because of this truth that we have chosen iV nursery rhymes of our baby days for the theme of our high school annual. It seems peculiarly fitting that, at the end. for many of us, of our school life, we should compare ourselves, facing the store-house of the world, to what we were twelve or thirteen years ago, as we first glimpsed that treasure-trove of learning, school. The rhymes that we have chosen are both familiar and precious to every one of us. They recall days of a golden past, days that can never be repeated, days that will linger, cherished, in our hearts thru all eternity. And when, in the years to come, we glance back, in retrospection, on these memorable moments, may the nursery rhymes in this year-book call back once more the dreams, the hopes, the ambitions that we have today. As you look thru this book, the result of a year’s labor, you will note that each rhyme is adapted to the group it introduces. In some the connection will be clearer than in others but it is there in every one. To begin with we find the faculty represented by the three wise men. They have met and conquered the first storms of life, and are in a position to teach us. Then come the Seniors and Bobby Shaftoe, both leaving the shores of boyhood to seek the attainment of their ambitions in the Sea of Life. The Juniors are gaining the confidence that comes with knowledge and so the “ten o’clock scholar” applies to them. The Sophomores find themselves well started in their high school course but still suffer occasionally from a fall. Hence Jack and Jill. As for the Freshmen the connection is obvious. The Activities are admirably expressed by the action in ‘‘Hey. Diddle Diddle” while the Organizations foster the old woman of Deeds who spent all her time in good deeds. Because of Jack’s apparent athletic prowess, we have placed him where he is. Nothing need be said about the Literary department for you’ve often heard the story about Jack Nory, and you are perfectly familiar with the reputation of old King Cole. We sincerely hope that this explanation has made clear to you every phase of our dominant theme; and years ahead, when we. lost in the days that are gone, once more turn the pages of this annual, may we find peace and comfort in these simple nursery rhymes and may we realize that our dreams have really come true. -8-

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