Proviso East High School - Provi Yearbook (Maywood, IL)

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pathways, up the rungs of higher educahon. The long dog days of August continued through September, But long leisure hours rapidly ended. Fortified with notebooks, pencils, ,n paper, Old and new Provisoites started off the year of '62. Number games of programs, rooms, and combinations Caused confusions and frustrations. Yet, hungry frosh needed neither Blue Books nor Big Sisters To locate aromatic barbecues. New places: chemistry labs and Madison entrances Nia: Vff.::: Freshman, transfer, and teacher New paces: short homerooms, ID's, and library procedures Soon mingled and mottled upperclassmen. The IBM monster produced attendance lists, program cards, And tragedy when wires crossed or shorted. Scheduling bewildered boys for PE classes in the Upper Gym. Sun-scorched sidewalks jammed As students raced to catch a bus, then slowly walked home. The tower clock watched . . . heard . . . and felt it all. As it ticked the time of another year, Proviso moved onward . . . WISTFUL HESITANCE is the product of reluctance Times eagerness

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tudies Profvoke Brainsg tuclents Refvoke Rains Bright leaf sails swirled by strong currents Pulled up anchors, cruised, and drifted from autumn trees. Rain torrents dampened the rus'ling crispness of the leaves. But not the cheering energy of football spectators. Mudded players mauled their opponents VV ith force-packed plays down the center of the field. Pig-skin carriers and jersey-skin tacklers hit their marks To rank Proviso second in the Suburban League. Girls' League sweetened study humdrums With spiced nursery rhymes and a fractured fairy tale At the ice cream social, Sugar 'n Spice. Salmon-colored cards and formal studio letters scheduled Activity pictures and student individuals. VVallet photos, exchanged in halls, on buses, and in classes Kept close friends remembered and teachers distempered. Class standings-both scholastic and character- Achieved by students, rated by teachers, and Computed by the IBM, selected the new NHS members. October spirits of spooks and goblins haunted Memorial Hall at the GAA party I T T , f , d d ' . - f . , STUD O APPOIN MEN S proo s and payments pro uce portraits And neighborhood homes for rcood Ghostu Contubutlons. i PUDDLE-JUMPING was an art when downpours drenched Provisoites. lr BOARDING THE GRAVY TRAIN every noon, hungry students wait on tangled, narrow-gauge tracks to purchase tickets for the milk-maIt express t, ,....m!:Pl'l'f -ff- - -L-.. ...., 4