Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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EXPLANATION OF THEME THE LOVE OF PRECIOUS STONES IS DEEPLY IMPLANTED IN THE HUMAN HEART, FOR GEMS IN THEIR AP- PEAL ARE LIKE THE STARS; THEY ENCHANT THE EYE, THEY STIR THE IMAGINATION, AND THEY PRESERVE TO US IN THEIR HUES THE TRANSIENT BEAUTIES OF NATURE. INTO THIS GOLDEN STORY, OUR SCHOOLDAYS, WE HAVE WOVEN THE THEME OF PRECIOUS STONES. EACH STUDENT IS A GEM; IN HIM THERE IS BEAUTY, LUSTRE, AND COLOR. SINCE THERE ARE REALLY ONLY FOUR PRECIOUS STONES, WE SEPARATE OUR JEWELS INTO FOUR GROUPS: DIAMONDS, RUBIES, SAPPHIRES AND EMERALDS. THE FACULTY, OUR GEM CUTTERS, WITH THEIR UN- TIRING EFFORTS SHAPE THESE ROUGH HEWN GEMS INTO OBJECTS OF BEAUTY AND WORTH. THEY CARVE AND DESIGN THE PRECIOUS ELEMENTS, SEEKING TO CUT AWAY THE IMPURITIES AND BLEMISHES, LEAVING A PERFECT JEWEL. SOME JEWELS OF DIFFERENT CLAY FROM THE OTHERS, RESPOND AND YIELD THEIR TRUE VALUE ONLY TO THE CLEAVING OF CAREFUL LAPIDARIES. THESE DRASTIC WORKMEN, OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTORS, HAMMER THE OBDURATE PIECES OF CLAY AND FASHION FROM THEM PRICELESS GEMS. THEN IT IS THAT OUR ORGANI- ZATIONS PLAY THE PART OF DEXTEROUS POLISHERS, WHO GIVE A BEAUTIFUL SHEEN AND POLISH TO THE JEWELS. THE BEST, ALL THE HIDDEN LIGHT AND SHADE, IS BROUGHT OUT IN EACH GEM, AND IT BECOMES A MATCH- LESS ORNAMENT, AND A DELIGHT TO THE EYE. OUR FEATURES— THE LITERARY PRODUCTIONS, PUBLICATIONS, YEAR CALENDAR AND THE HUMOR SECTIONS— WE COM- PARE TO PEARL DIVERS SEEKING OUT AND GATHERING THE BEST, SELECTING ONLY THE RAREST PEARLS, THE MOST VALUABLE GEMS OF LITERATURE, THE SPICIEST BITS OF HUMOR TO ENSHRINE IN OUR ANNUAL— BLOOM ' S TREASURE CHEST. MAY BLOOM ' S JEWELS, HEWN, CUT, AND POLISHED, RETAIN THEIR SPARKLE AND LOVELINESS, AND BECOME TRUE ORNAMENTS AND PRICELESS TREASURES IN THE WORLD.

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