Lindblom Technical High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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.if-.vi -1-,F-W The first four-year graduating class in February, 1922, numbered only fifty-six, while the largest one, in june, 1940, had eight hundred eleven. The present war has taken many of the upper class men into the armed services and others into industry, with the result that the present membership is 3,255. i In September, 1936, Mr. Keeler became District Superintendent of South Side High Schools. Until his death in December, 1939, he con- tinued his interest in Lindblom and furthered its welfare wherever possible. Mr. Butler Laughlin was appointed Principal of Lindblom to succeed him and remained in the position until December, 1942, when Mr. Harry F. Yates became Principal, and occupies the position now. The school has been fortunate that each of its leaders has had a distinctive contribution to make in its development. Mr. Keeler brought enthusiasm and initiative, Mr. Laughlin high standards of scholarship and progressive educational ideas, and Mr. Yates a zeal for the improvement of building equipment, perfection in organization, and the promotion of high standards in school citizenship. During all the twenty-five years of her history, Lindblom has been encouraged and supported by the community it serves. The Parent- Teacher Association has been active and helpful, the organizations of business men in the district have been ever ready to lend a helping hand. How well Lindblom has done her share in furthering the welfare of the community only the community itself can testify. It is not this bare outline of her history that Lindblom's graduates will review when they think of the days they spent within her walls Rather will they recall the memory of their comrades, some favorite teacher, the class dances, the parties in the club or social room, y the assemblies to celebrate the winning of some V coveted athletic championship, the play or opera C330 8125, in which they took part, the long awaited Senior p Prom, and the final procession of young men 3-lu 5 and women in gray caps and gowns marching 4996 --' 55 earnestly, half glad, half sorry, to receive the 'tail lilgkxwx diplomas which marked the culmination of W M' ' their life at Lindblom.

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., . F' A .24 BQCLWQPJ g!6ll'LCQ N MARCH 17, 1917, ground was broken for a new high school which was the realization of the hopes of a group of public citizens of West Englewood, a school to serve their rapidly growing community of small homes. It was named for Robert Lindblom, a member of the Board of Education, a civil service commissioner, and a leader among Swedish- American citizens of Chicago. I In May, 1919, when the building had neared completion, Mr. Harry Keeler, then Assistant Principal of Englewood High School, was named Principal of this new school. In june of that year he called a meeting -of a faculty of about thirty teachers who were to plan with him for the fall term. On September 2, 1919, Lindblom High School opened her doors to nine hundred and sixty-five eager and enthusiastic freshmen and sopho- mores from the neighboring grammar schools and by transfer from Tilden, Englewood, and Parker high schools. This group were to be pioneers in establishing the customs and tradi- tions of the. school. Having selected the school motto, -f f ' How Good to Live and Learn, Mr. Keeler proceeded to put it into effect. ,ar A firm believer that right living was the Q, better part of learning, he made the school a vital partiof the students' lives T V by enthusiastically supporting and en- couraging every field of their interests through athletics, clubs, assemblies, and musical and dramatic produc- tions. It was his vision that saw possibilities, his courage that overcame all difficulties, and his spirit which led the school to a place high among the educational institutions of the city. Built to accommodate twenty-five hundred pupils, the school grew so rapidly that before the end of the second year it was necessary to organize early and late shifts, and branches were later added in neigh- boring grammar schools. Twice in the twenty-five years, Lindblom's district was cut, in the Fall of 1933 when Harper was made a Senior high school and in 1939 when Gage Park High School was opened to the west. The peak of membership at Lindblom came in February, 1939, when 6,928 pupils were registered iii the main building and branches

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